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Jeet Heer

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

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June 25, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why Symbols Matter
The Confederate flag is an exertion of raw power. That's why it's defended, and why it's fought.
June 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Dylann Roof's Defense of White Rule in Africa Has Roots in American Conservatism
June 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
Mental Illness Doesn't Negate Political Motive
Dylann Roof and the intersection of psychology and extremist ideology
June 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Influence of Road Runner Cartoons on Stanley Kubrick
June 19, 2015
Jeet Heer
National Review Magazine's Racism Denial, Then and Now
June 18, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Charleston Suspect Is a Racist, But Republicans Claim His Motives Are Unclear
June 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them
June 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why Does Jeb Bush Want to Be President?
June 12, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why Are Canadians So Boring? Because We Work at It.
June 11, 2015
Jeet Heer
Before Fox News, Rupert Murdoch Battled Liberals on Their Own Turf
June 9, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Controversy Over Muhammad Cartoons Is Not About the Prophet Muhammad
June 5, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why Are Libertarians Mostly Dudes?
Rand Paul is polling terribly among women. His political philosophy might be to blame.
May 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
American Imperialism's Most Ambivalent Salesman
For Robert D. Kaplan, there's nothing imperialism can't fix—except for all the problems it creates.
May 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
Wising Up to the Wise Men of American Foreign Policy
May 28, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New David Foster Wallace Movie Isn’t a Biopic. It’s Another 'Rolling Stone' Writer Flick.
May 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
Science Fiction: Michael LaCour's Gay Rights Canvassing Hoax Shows the Limits of Peer Review
May 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
Generation PTSD: What the "Trigger Warning" Debate Is Really About
May 19, 2015
Jeet Heer
Marco Rubio Wants to Scare Americans into Voting for Him
May 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Jonathan Franzen's “Bad” Sex Writing Isn't His Fault
May 10, 2015
Jeet Heer
A Message for the British Labour Party: Don't Ally With Separatists

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