When Intellectuals Go to War
When it comes to the narcissism of war, no one has quite the self-deluding capacity of the intellectual.
178 Article(s) by: Corey Robin
Corey Robin is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and a contributing editor at Jacobin.
Sheryl Sandberg and Harvard’s Housekeepers
Speaking at Harvard this week, Sandberg “sent word she does not have time to host a ‘Lean In circle’ with the hotel employees.”
Stalinism in Three Easy Payments
What better way to reform capitalism’s losers than to force them to pay to play?
Clarence Thomas’s Counterrevolution
Clarence Thomas has fused elements of black nationalism and a bleak view of black history with a steadfast Constitutional originalism.
Gary Becker, Pinochet, and the Chicago Boys
Becker thought Pinochet’s embrace of the Chicago School was “one of the best things that happened to Chile.”
What is Enlightenment When the State Is Schizophrenic?
Public employees: compelled to serve the state, yet unentitled to its protections.
Intellectual History at the New York Times
It’s not just that Thomas Piketty may be right. He’s also handsome.
Capitalism and Nazism
The next time someone tells you the Nazis were anti-capitalist, show them this.
Eleven Things You Didn’t Know About Clarence Thomas
The first time Clarence Thomas went to DC, it was to protest the Vietnam War.
Reading Frederick Douglass at Seder
Food is the easy part of the seder. For me, the hard part is making it all mean something.
The Left and Free Speech
Is the Left more opposed to free speech today than it used to be?
Vanessa Redgrave at the Oscars
When an Israel boycott showed up on the red carpet.
Where Would the Tea Party Be Without Feminism?
Nancy Mace, Tea Party candidate and feminist movement beneficiary.
Death and Taxes
Socialism is not a flight from the human condition; it’s a direct and unsentimental confrontation with that condition.
Jewfros in Palestine
Many of Israel’s defenders hold entirely reasonable positions — so long as they forget that there are actual Palestinians living there.
New York’s War on Academic Freedom
The New York State Legislature is readying to pass a bill that would make it illegal for any college or university in the state to use public monies to fund faculty membership in — or travel to — academic organizations that boycott the institutions of another country.
The Beauty of the Blacklist
Pete Seeger sacrificed to fight the blacklist. How many of us would have done the same?
Socialism: Converting Hysterical Misery into Ordinary Unhappiness
The Left wants to give people the chance to do something with their lives, by giving them time and space away from the market.
Jumaane Williams and Dov Hikind
Jumaane Williams is fast on his way to becoming the Gerald Ford of New York City’s progressive Democrats.
When Professors Oppose Grad Student Unions
"You are very lucky to be here."