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Jeet Heer

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

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November 18, 2015
Jeet Heer
Identity Heft: Why the Politics of Race and Gender are Dominating the 2016 Election
And why that's not a bad thing.
November 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Clinton pulled a fast one on the Benghazi committee.
November 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Chris Christie has decided to join the GOP "crazies" in demonizing Islam.
Chris Christie has decided to join the GOP "crazies" in their Islamophobia.
November 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Antonin Scalia does not understand the difference between gay people and child abusers.
November 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ridley Scott and George Lucas have regressed to producing fan fiction of their earlier works.
November 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Doesn't Have the Killer Instinct Needed to Beat Hillary Clinton
During the presidential debate, the candidate pulled back when he should have gone for the jugular.
November 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Dwight Eisenhower is turning out to be the dead POTUS with the biggest shadow in the 2016 election.
November 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Clinton is on the defensive on foreign policy for the first time in the Democratic primary.
November 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Democrats are strangely silent on foreign policy.
November 13, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump has made a huge mistake.
November 12, 2015
Jeet Heer
Is Bernie Sanders Really in It to Win It?
Because if he is, he’s going to have to go negative against Hillary Clinton.
November 11, 2015
Jeet Heer
The GOP Debate: How Donald Trump Brought Immigration Back to the Forefront
November 11, 2015
Jeet Heer
Chris Christie's Embarrassing Electability Argument
November 10, 2015
Jeet Heer
Marco Rubio, Imaginary Frontrunner
Heading into the fourth debate, the Florida senator's top-tier status is more theoretical than real.
November 10, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Utopians
Kim Stanley Robinson and the novelists who want to build a better future through science fiction.
November 6, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Truth About Ben Carson: Smart People Can Believe Crazy Things
November 4, 2015
Jeet Heer
Not Subject to Debate: The GOP's Hostility to the Media Is Self-Defeating
November 2, 2015
Jeet Heer
Is Justin Trudeau Too Sexy?
His critics have made much of his looks. But it's his sexually liberal policies that may bother them more.
October 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Grand Illusions of the Republican Party
Why John Kasich's attacks on Trump and Carson failed so miserably
October 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Republican Debate: CNBC's Bad Night
Bad journalism drives a bad policy debate

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