Jeet Heer

@HeerJeet

Is Luke Skywalker a jihadi?

Republican elites see Romney as a white knight. But he's actually a precursor to Trumpism.

The scholar of nationalism and author of ‘Imagined Communities’ has died at the age of 79.

They dominated film, television, and literature—and there's no end to the hold they have on the entertainment industry.

Joseph McCarthy and Charles Coughlin were prominent at a time when American institutions still wielded clout.

While moderates languish in the polls, Ted Cruz and his ilk are doing just fine.

He's something worse: a bullshit artist.

A comparison with Canada's Thanksgiving reveals the national traits embedded in this secular holiday.

Republicans may have another Goldwater on their hands.

His surging campaign is forcing a debate over American identity.