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Jeet Heer

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

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May 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Aesthetic Failure of 'Charlie Hebdo'
The French satirical magazine refuses to evolve, using a stale artistic strategy from the 1960s
May 6, 2015
Jeet Heer
How Did Everybody Suddenly Become an Expert on French Visual Satire?
May 4, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Anti-Islam Exhibit Attacked in Texas Is a Clearer Free Speech Case Than 'Charlie Hebdo'
April 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Acting Without Thinking
The most effective protest movements have been enriched by debating ideas and strategy
April 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Science Fiction's White Boys' Club Strikes Back
April 15, 2015
Jeet Heer
Netflix' Daredevil Is TV's First Gentrification-Fighting Superhero
April 14, 2015
Jeet Heer
Don't Forget What Richard Pryor Taught Us: Offensive Comedy Can Be Liberating
April 13, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Will Be Haunted by the Ghosts of Clinton Conspiracy Theories
April 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Killing of Walter Scott Sheds Light on the Problem of Police Lying
April 7, 2015
Jeet Heer
Rand Paul Will Break Libertarian Hearts, Just Like Reagan Did
March 31, 2015
Jeet Heer
Andy Borowitz Is the Only Comedian Qualified to Replace Jon Stewart
March 23, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz Shouldn't Be Ashamed of His Canadian Birthplace. It's a Lot Like Red-State America.
March 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
C-List Celebrities Won't Help Netanyahu in the Israeli Elections
March 12, 2015
Jeet Heer
Sam Simon's Fractious Four Years With 'The Simpsons' Changed Television History
February 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Making It in (Right-Wing) America
Dinesh D’Souza and the shame of immigrant self-hatred
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection
January 14, 2015
Jeet Heer
Found in Translation
Arthur Goldhammer is America's finest bridge to French culture
June 9, 2014
Jeet Heer
A Famous Science Fiction Writer's Descent Into Libertarian Madness
Robert A. Heinlein became increasingly right wing, and his novels suffered for it
January 27, 2014
Jeet Heer
Herblock Was a Fine Political Cartoonist. Liberals Don't Need to Deify Him.

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