IN THE May 9, 2016, ISSUE
The Empty Pantsuit
I’m with her? Of course you are. This is Brooklyn, you are gainfully employed, and you are not stoned out of your gourd on a Thursday afternoon. You are not ...
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
The Nomination Process Isn’t Rigged
Rather, its mix of direct and indirect democracy is a strength.
‘Never Trump’ after Wisconsin
The businessman’s opponents won an important, but not a decisive, victory.
Abortion and Punishment
Why women should not be penalized for the killing of their unborn children.
Trump’s Immigration Disaster
His campaign has set back the cause of border enforcement.
Obama’s Endless War
Refusing to prosecute an effective strategy against ISIS only prolongs the suffering.
Features
The Empty Pantsuit
I’m with her? Of course you are. This is Brooklyn, you are gainfully employed, and you are not stoned out of your gourd on a Thursday afternoon. You are not ...
Books, Arts & Manners
Witnesses
The attempt to better understand the complex and elusive connections between the personal and the political realms in our psyche is a worthwhile endeavor.
Sections
Letters
The VOA’s Unfulfilled Promise
As a former Voice of America manager responsible for launching the VOA Ukrainian TV program hosted by Myroslava Gongadze, I applaud Jay Nordlinger for his article on ...
The Week
‐ Is there anything insulting we can say about New York?
‐ The New York Post, for decades a conservative opinion leader with a brash, Gotham accent, endorsed Donald Trump for ...
From the Archives of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Presidential Library
A (satirical) speech from President Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Poetry
ONE FLOWER
One flower stands for beauty, two for hope.
More buds begin their version of cross-talk
With tangled leaf and strong, supporting stalk.
Subject to breeze, they sway but somehow cope.
Shadows of butterflies, ...