Tea Partiers mean no good to the country that the rest of us believe in, because they regard the country that the rest of us believe in as no good.
Steve Erickson
Steve Erickson has contributed to The New York Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone and Los Angeles. He teaches at CalArts, and his new novel is These Dreams of You (Europa Editions).
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Breaking Bad’s Endgame
The finale is destined to underwhelm not just because of unreasonable expectations but because the show’s integrity won’t let it do otherwise.
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The North Wing
The Danish series Borgen is a huge hit in Europe. Will its mixture of raw politics, social democratic ideals, and human frailties succeed in the U.S.?
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Obama’s Crippling Ambivalence
The mind that can entertain two opposing thoughts at once has been famously called “first class”—politicos characterize it as “muddled.”
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The Six Months That Made the Sixties
The March on Washington marked the beginning of a tumultuous half-year whose events would shape the decade’s legacy.
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“Blue Jasmine” Another Black Mark
Woody Allen’s new movie is the latest evidence of how superficial he is—and how his humor and New York sensibility have lured critics and filmgoers into overlooking his shallowness.
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Vacant Beauty, Boredom, and The Bling Ring
With her latest film, Sophia Coppola emerges as successor to Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, master of disaffection and alienation.
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When Justice Is Blind and Deaf
The verdict in the Zimmerman trial is an affront to the moral logic that makes up half of justice.
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A Supreme Court Darkly
The constitution has always been about the spirit of justice before it’s about the letter of the law. The Roberts Court is tarnishing all that.
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The Right’s Cult of Obama
From Peggy Noonan to Mitch McConnell to the Tea Party caucus, conservatives have a habit of making it all about Barack, all the time.