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Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a contributing editor at the The New Republic.

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January 2, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Washington Post has a strange definition of “leftist.”
December 31, 2015
Jeet Heer
The State Department wants to wish the press a Happy New Year.
December 31, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ben Carson’s campaign is collapsing in real time.
December 31, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is the new Reagan.
December 31, 2015
Jeet Heer
Wikipedia is dying.
December 30, 2015
Jeet Heer
Paul Ryan’s “Muslim beard” is only the beginning.
December 30, 2015
Jeet Heer
Star Wars Films Are Not About Good vs. Evil. They’re About Bad Parenting.
For all their lofty narratives, the movies are the fruit of a single family tree.
December 23, 2015
Jeet Heer
Experts are arguing that Donald Trump’s “schlong” is no big deal.
December 22, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump might be a putz, but he’s not meshuggeneh.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Got the Debate of Her Dreams
By focusing on national security, Clinton was able to turn the Democratic debate into a showcase of her strengths in the general election
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
You know it’s a bizarre debate when Bernie Sanders is the one calling for calm.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
The DNC deserves credit for creative debate scheduling.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Will tonight be the end of comity in the Democratic primary?
December 18, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ken Burns’s Star Wars would be Empire apologia.
December 18, 2015
Jeet Heer
Mitt Romney is learning to sub-tweet.
December 18, 2015
Jeet Heer
Who Will Stop Republican Islamophobia?
Democrats should make a convincing case against it, but change must come from within the GOP
December 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Stars Wars nostalgia also seems to include arguing about racism in Star Wars nostalgia.
December 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
With a sly smile, Vladimir Nabokov gives away the game.
December 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
The story of a boy, a girl, and a universe ... Star Wars?!?
December 16, 2015
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The GOP is the Party of Fear
How did fear come to loom so large in Republican rhetoric?

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