Tag Archives: The New Yorker

Want to shake up MAGA cultists? Ask them one question

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Naomi

“Were you abused verbally and/or physically when you were a kid?” How did I come to this question? Back in the 70’s when, for reasons I’m not now sure of, I was reading a lot of psychopathology tomes, I got … Continue reading →

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A profound and sort of shattering observation about political heroes

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Naomi

It is surely no accident that many of the twentieth century’s most beloved liberation heroes are men like [Martin Luther] King and [Mohandas] Gandhi, who retain their unsullied reputations in part because they never had to govern. –From “Pan-Africanism and … Continue reading →

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We are watching a “heavy element of make-believe…”

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Naomi

In the New Yorker’s October 13, 2025* Talk of the Town, Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote about Trump and his “military theatrics” in a wise column appropriately entitled, “War Games.” In describing Trump’s ballyhooed commission to National Guard troops, Wallace-Wells writes: In … Continue reading →

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