IN THE December 22, 2019, ISSUE
Pete Buttigieg, Progressive Saint
He hasn’t done a lot, but then neither has your minister.
Magazine
Also In This Issue
Articles
What to Do about the Gig Economy
California is imposing onerous new regulations, but there is another way.
Zora Neale Hurston’s Individualism
She wrote a novel for the ages but shunned ‘Race Pride.’
Features
Pete Buttigieg, Progressive Saint
He hasn’t done a lot, but then neither has your minister.
Catching Up with Mitch
A conversation with ex-governor Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University.
Books, Arts & Manners
Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
A review of Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism, by Colin Dueck.
A Populist History of Religious Disbelief
A review of Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt, by Alec Ryrie.
Thomas Mann in America
A review of Thomas Mann’s War: Literature, Politics, and the World Republic of Letters, by Tobias Boes.
Why Scorsese’s The Irishman Doesn’t Succeed
De-aging visual technology can only do so much.
Sections
Netflix’s Streaming Video Series Woke Hand for the Heartland
On the heels of Netflix series Queer Eye, in which five gay style experts help people update their lifestyles, comes the newest Netflix style-maker hit.
Percentages
He was so certain (says The Book) that when the day was done, the giant wouldn’t be alive.
Dump of a City
When I was a young boy in the 1970s, my hometown of Queens, New York, was a garbage dump.