Backbencher
Timothy Noah, Claire ParkerPolitics, economics, domestic policy, and a smattering of culture.
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The NYT Joins the Campaign to Save the Cohen
##### Detail from Ben Shahn, “The Meaning of Social Security,” 1942. Photo by me, December 2025.
Trump Isn't Just A Liar; He's A Really Bad Liar
President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion because the New York Times told everybody that he underpays his taxes. This is, of course, absurd on its face. But it’s also absurd in the details. That’s the topi...
The First National Bank of Trump
##### The United States National Bank Building, Portland, Oregon. Maybe a little more square footage than Trump will need.
On Gutting the Washington Post's International Desk
##### Will they have to mark this down?
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Backbencher jefe; New Republic staff writer; author, "The Great Divergence." Former Politico, Slate, Wall Street Journal, US News, Washington Monthly, etc.
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