By Conde Nast
A weekly reading of the magazine’s “Comment” essay.
In "It Was Never Thus," Jill Lepore reports about measuring Presidents' misdeeds.
In "Ten Years After," George Packer reports on how the financial crisis of 2008 was years in the making and has had a lasting impact on American political life.
In "The Digital Public Square," Steve Coll reports on Alex Jones and social media neutrality.
In "Get Out and Vote," George Packer reports on how the midterm elections are the last obstacle to Trump’s consolidation of power—and the greatest obstacle to voting is the feeling that it doesn’t matter.
In "Long, Hot Summers," Evan Osnos reports on how the G.O.P. is standing by as President Trump upends American security.
In "Bad Trips," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how, when President Trump brings up Russia, he seems to be speaking of something that is defined less by reality than by what he needs it to be.
In "After Kennedy," Jeffrey Toobin reports on how President Trump's Supreme Court pick could undo Kennedy's legacy.
In "Family Values," Margaret Talbot reports on how the policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border was the purest distillation yet of what it means to be governed by a President with no moral center.
In "Going Rogue," George Packer writes about in how, in half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out.
In "Kim's Chinese Lessons," Evan Osnos writes about Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's nuclear summit, and the bid for history.
In "Smelling the Coffee," Jelani Cobb writes about racial bias training at Starbucks.
In "The Long Fight," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about John McCain's legacy.
In "Bad Bets," Robin Wright reports on the end of the Iran deal, and Trump'confrontationaltatial foreign policy.
In "Dream On," Amy Davidson Sorkin write's about how the Administration's incompetence and the courts' rectitudes have seen the Dreamers through. But those factors may be temporary safeguards.
In "Crash Course," Nicholas Lemann writes about the dangers of undoing Dodd-Frank.
One thing is becoming clear about the various Trump scandals: they center on the President’s disdain for the law.
In "Might and Right," George Packer writes about how the president and his new national security advisor, John Bolton, are in an especially bad position to respond to the atrocities in Syria.
In "About Facebook," Andrew Marantz writes about the future of Facebook after Cambridge Analytica.
In "Death of a King," Jelani Cobb writes about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and what it means on the 50th Anniversary of his assassination.
In "Account Settings," David Remnick reports on Cambridge Analytica and a moral reckoning in Silicon Valley.
In "A Revelatory Case," Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what went wrong in the Stormy Daniels case.
In "Illiberal Arts," David Remnick writes about Donald Trump and the stress test of liberal democracy.
In "Gun Shots," Margaret Talbot weighs in on the gun control debate after Parkland.
In "Indicted," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Robert Mueller’s distinctly American indictments.
In "Peace Games," Evan Osnos writes about the politics at the Winter Olympics.
In "State of the Resistance," Jelani Cobb writes about the opposition to President Trump.
In "Firing Offenses," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the questions that Mueller might ask Trump.
In "Trump in the World," Amy Davidson Sorkin asked, "how can someone so “America first” attend an event so globally minded?"
In "Words of the Year," Louis Menand writes about the importance of words.
In "Christmas Stories," Adam Gopnik writes about the Christmas spirit.
In "How Low Will They Go?," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Roy Moore and the G.O.P.
In "Faking It," Steve Coll writes about how, in attacking the media, the president has in many ways strengthened it.
In "A History of Paranoia," Jelani Cobb writes about the new politics of race.
In "Tests for Liberals," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Al Franken, Roy Moore, and a test for the democratic party.
In "Autumn of the Patriarchy," David Remnick delves into the Weinstein moment and the Trump presidency.
In "A Long Year," Steve Coll writes about the president's turbulent year.
In "The Silent Majority," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Jeff Flake and the G.O.P.'s complicity problem.
In "Limits of Power," Jia Tolentino writes about Harvey Weinstein and the limits of powerful men.
In "Fighting Words," Evan Osnos writes about President Trump's war tantrums.
In “Disasters Will Happen,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Trump’s trips to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas.
In “Inquietude,” Jill Lepore writes about our free speech fumbles.
In “Madmen Theories,” Steve Coll writes about President Trump’s U.N. début.
In “In The Dark,” Amy Davidson Sorkin explores how America is dealing with hurricane disasters.
In “Broken Dreams,” William Finnegan writes about saving DACA.
In “Coming Storms,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about Hurricane Harvey and climate change.
Jelani Cobb writes that some saw Steve Bannon’s blend of nationalism and racial grievance as the ballast in Trump’s ship. But will Bannon’s banishment change anything?