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Jeet Heer

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

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September 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump's Comedic Genius
Why liberals and conservatives alike find him so funny—if not for the same reasons
August 28, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why William Kristol Keeps Returning to Donald Trump
The "anti-anti-Trump" position is something of a family tradition.
August 26, 2015
Jeet Heer
Don’t Circulate Videos of the TV News Killing in Virginia
August 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Not a Populist. He's the Voice of Aggrieved Privilege.
August 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump, Epic Hero
The candidate's boasts and insults might seem juvenile, but his special way with words has a noble ancestry
August 7, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Donald Trump Effect
His anti-immigrant rhetoric is shaping the Republican race—just look at Bobby Jindal
August 7, 2015
Jeet Heer
Do the Best Comics Come From Auteurs or Collaborators?
The Fantastic Four was created by quarreling duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Was it an artistic success, or just a commercial one?
August 5, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is a Serious Candidate
Don't listen to the media. The GOP's greatest troll has a real chance.
July 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
National Review's Bad Conscience
Why the magazine is quick to accuse liberals of fascism and Nazism
July 27, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz Isn't Wrong to Call Watchmen's Rorschach a Hero
July 26, 2015
Jeet Heer
Conservatives Are Holding a Conversation About Race
An ugly term—“cuckservative”—crystallizes a Republican Party crisis.
July 22, 2015
Jeet Heer
E.L. Doctorow's Novels About American History Changed the Future of Fiction
July 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Limits of Gawkerism
Can the website’s ideology survive its worst crisis yet?
July 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Did Gawker Decide to Stop Being Gawker?
July 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
Stop Making Superhero Movies Just for Grown-Ups
'Batman v Superman' and 'Suicide Squad' are everything that's wrong with the genre today
July 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
Drawn + Quarterly Comics Enters a New Era
July 7, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why Is Bill Kristol Embracing Confederate Nostalgia?
After all, neoconservatives historically have been hostile to Southern traditionalism
July 6, 2015
Jeet Heer
Clarence Thomas Deserves Criticism. Just Leave His Race Out of It.
George Takei's “blackface” remark reflects a broader problem with liberal attacks on the reactionary justice
July 1, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Real-World Consequences of the Confederate Flag Debate
For one, the Ku Klux Klan sees power in its symbolism.
June 26, 2015
Jeet Heer
Antonin Scalia Is the Supreme Court's Greatest Writer

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