Skip Navigation
alcoholism
December 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Shocker! Trump’s Garbage Defense Pick Spread January 6 Conspiracies
Pete Hegseth made baseless claims about who instigated the insurrection.
December 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Defense Pick May Bully His Way to a Senate Confirmation
Pete Hegseth appears to have turned his floundering nomination around.
December 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Defense Pick Is Now Denying Things He Said on Tape
Pete Hegseth is straight-up lying about his past now.
December 9, 2024
Robert McCoy
Even Fox News Has Turned on Trump’s Garbage Defense Pick
Pete Hegseth can’t even count on his old network for support.
December 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MAGA Rep. Has Gross Reason to Ignore Trump Defense Pick Accusations
Representative Chip Roy is all in on Donald Trump’s decision to pick Pete Hegseth.
December 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Trash Defense Pick Has Even Lost Newsmax
Pete Hegseth is losing allies left and right.
December 6, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Defense Pick’s Lawyer Makes Chilling Threat to Accuser
Pete Hegseth is apparently ready to seek revenge.
December 5, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Floundering Defense Pick Still Has One Powerful Ally
Pete Hegseth is getting a boost from a Project 2025 creator.
December 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Defense Pick Hit With Even More Allegations of Trash Behavior
The accusations surfaced as Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill trying to save his floundering nomination.
July 10, 2020
Jo Livingstone
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.
August 7, 2018
Rachel Vorona Cote
Mothering and Unmothering
Laura June’s memoir examines a set of dissonant and, ultimately, redeeming relationships.
July 5, 2018
MagazineDaphne Merkin
Sobriety Art
How Leslie Jamison rejected the link between creativity and alcoholism
April 8, 2013
Sacha Z. Scoblic
Roger Ebert's Other Illness
The film critic wrote candidly—and controversially—about his alcoholism
September 26, 2009
Mitchell Berger
State of Denial
August 13, 2009
Christopher Orr
The Movie Reviews: 'Thirst' and 'District 9'
September 29, 1979
W.J. Rodabaugh
A Nation of Sots
When drinking was a patriotic duty
March 20, 1955
Upton Sinclair
Enemy in the Mouth

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Malcolm FergusonBreaking News
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Edith OlmstedBreaking News
Hafiz RashidBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history