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Aaron Sorkin
April 22, 2021
Santi Elijah Holley
The Black Panther Party Has Never Been More Popular. But Actual Black Panthers Have Been Forgotten.
While the Panthers have become a staple of pop culture, veteran members of the group remain invisible.
November 2, 2017
Patrick Blanchfield
Trump Is President, But Kevin Spacey Can’t Even Play One on TV
The end of "House of Cards" raises a troubling question: Do we have higher standards for TV politicians than for real ones?
September 13, 2017
Graham Vyse
The Democratic Campaign Against Complexity
Hillary Clinton's loss to Trump was blamed partly on her wonky nuance. Should Bernie Sanders's simplicity represent the party's future?
January 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
At today’s Oscar nominations, it was good to be a novelist, bad to be Quentin Tarantino or Aaron Sorkin.
October 9, 2015
Jacob Silverman
“Steve Jobs” Is a Magnificent Piece of Consumerist Propaganda
The Apple chairman as corporate tyrant and consumer saint
July 12, 2013
Marc Tracy
Love and Hatewatching
A defense of Aaron Sorkin's 'The Newsroom'
October 23, 2012
Alec MacGillis
The Liberal Media, in Love With Our Narrative
July 10, 2012
The New Republic Staff
The East African War on Terror and Aaron Sorkin’s Smug Style: Today’s TNR Reader
July 1, 2012
David Thomson
From Howard Beale to Aaron Sorkin
June 22, 2012
Jake Tapper
The Snoozeroom
June 20, 2012
Laura Bennett
Aaron Sorkin’s Romantically Wonky Imagination
October 12, 2011
Evgeny Morozov
The Internet Intellectual
August 8, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Drew Westen's Nonsense
October 1, 2010
Lawrence Lessig
Sorkin vs. Zuckerberg
September 18, 2010
Isaac Chotiner
The Facebook Movie is Fiction, but Believe it Anyway!
November 18, 2009
Michael Crowley
Palin: Obama Plans Are "Backassward"
September 9, 2002
Jason Zengerle
Personality Test
November 5, 2001
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