Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence confirms his place atop a pantheon of ignominy.
By Matt Ford
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The GOP’s Murderous Anti-IntellectualismThe twenty-first century’s version of the Know-Nothing Party has taken the wanton disregard for knowledge to dizzyingly destructive heights. By Bruce Bartlett
The Great Germ War Cover-UpWhen Nicholson Baker searched for the truth about biological weapons, he found a fog of redaction. By Daniel Immerwahr
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The Two Sides of Biden’s Economic PlanOn paper, he seems obsessed with besting Trump as a trade warrior. But his rhetoric suggests he wants to pick a fight with the aristocrats. By Timothy Noah
What Was the Dive Bar ? A new movie invokes the lurid charm of the local drinking hole—and challenges our conception of what makes a documentary. By Josephine Livingstone