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Hendrik Hertzberg

Hendrik Hertzberg is a former editor of The New Republic.

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November 18, 2014
Hendrik Hertzberg
You’re Wrong, You’re Wrong, You’re Definitely Wrong, and I’m Probably Wrong, Too
What it was like to edit The New Republic at its most contentious
October 18, 2013
Hendrik Hertzberg
When Lee Atwater and a Newt Gingrich Aide Tried to Gay-Bait Tom Foley
January 20, 1992
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What Life Was Like on Moscow’s Streets After the USSR Collapsed
September 9, 1991
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The Child Monarch
America’s silliest world-historical figure
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December 4, 1989
Hendrik Hertzberg
Costa Rica Diarist: Democracia
December 4, 1989
Hendrik Hertzberg
Costa Rica Diarist: Democracia
September 12, 1989
Hendrik Hertzberg
Front-Man
August 28, 1989
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What Woodstock Was Really Like
August 28, 1989
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You Had To Be There
The magic of Woodstock.
June 12, 1989
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We Thought the Tiananmen Square Protests Meant the End of Communism. We Were Wrong
April 24, 1989
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That’s Oil, Folks
October 31, 1988
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Roboflop
March 7, 1988
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Dole’s Charm
The tension of Bob Dole is between an almost unfathomable bitterness, on (literally) the one hand, and a kind of rough wisdom touched by compassion, on the other.
February 29, 1988
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First Returns
June 15, 1987
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Sporting News
June 1, 1987
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Sluicegate
The Gary Hart scandal shows the press at its worst.
July 14, 1986
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Big Boobs
April 23, 1984
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The Mushy Center

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