IN THE December 31, 2020, ISSUE
The Marijuana Majority
Republicans in Congress are out of step with voters of both parties.
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
The Pompeo Doctrine
A conversation with the departing secretary of state.
Trump’s Iran Achievement
His policies acknowledged the reality that Obama preferred to ignore.
Features
The Marijuana Majority
Republicans in Congress are out of step with voters of both parties.
A Heath Christmas Carol Program
The Heaths decide to take on the Trapps at their own game. Why shouldn’t they? — they outnumber them. That’s what they told themselves. Sad.
Books, Arts & Manners
For America, a Wake-Up Call
A review of Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation, by David French.
Kurt Vonnegut’s Love Letters Show the Cynic’s Softer Side
A review of Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941–1945.
Disons le mot
No one now knows why children are sent to college. And, in the plague, we may ask why they are sent to elementary school.
How the Internet Has Revolutionized Research in the Humanities
The big new research boon in the humanities is Google Books, which allows whole-text searching of all the holdings of the greatest libraries in the world.
What Explains the Movie Critics’ Loathing of Hillbilly Elegy?
As a phenomenon, Hillbilly Elegy has transcribed a strange Trump-era arc.
Sections
The Children’s Crusade
‘We are reconfiguring the societal order to reallocate assets towards a justice-based economic model that ensures equity and prioritizes sustainability!’
