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July 4, 2019
Matt Ford
Tanks, But No Tanks
Trump's self-aggrandizing July 4th parade is neither in good taste nor the spirit of the holiday—and Congress should ensure it never happens again.
July 3, 2017
Matthew C. Simpson
Benjamin Franklin and His Son, Divided by Independence
A new dual biography tells how the American Revolution drove the Franklins apart.
July 5, 2016
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan reveals his inner Sarah Palin.
June 24, 2016
Tim Grierson
Independence Day: You Can’t Phone Home Again
Roland Emmerich doesn’t follow up his 1996 sci-fi smash so much as copy it—but the blockbuster formula no longer holds.
December 14, 2015
Alex Shephard
Watch the trailer for the Independence Day sequel.
July 3, 2015
Rebecca Leber
This Is What Your Hot Dog and Burger Are Doing to the Planet
July 4, 2014
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
The Dangerous Lies We Tell About America’s Founding
Myths may comfort us, but facts are our best weapon against Tea Party perversions
July 2, 2014
Rebecca Leber
No, the EPA Isn't Waging War on the Fourth of July
But fireworks can do real damage to humans and the environment
July 5, 2011
Nathan Pippenger
Vice President Biden Has A New Twitter Feed. What Will He Use It For?
July 4, 2011
Gordon S. Wood
How the Complete Meaning of July Fourth Is Slipping Away
John Adams would not be happy to see what Independence Day has become.
July 1, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Independence Day Weekend
June 22, 2011
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
The Sudan Crisis: Obama’s Hypocrisy and Culpability
July 12, 2010
David Rieff
First, Do No Harm
June 2, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Mark Penn Offers A Suggestion
November 13, 2009
Christopher Orr
The Mini-Review: '2012'
October 12, 2004
Christopher Orr
Weather ... Or Not
October 8, 2001
Robert Brustein
No Time for Comedy
December 25, 1989
Thomas Omestad
Ten-Day Wonder
February 3, 1986
Taylor Branch
Uneasy Holiday
How should we honor a man we still don't know?
December 15, 1985
Caldwell Titcomb
Star-Spangled Earache

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