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Oppenheimer Is Leading This Year’s Oscar Nominations
Here is The New Republic’s guide to the contenders for the 96th Academy Awards in 2024
November 20, 2023
David Klion
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: Accidentally a Comedy?
It’s a portrayal so undignified that I almost expected ABBA’s “Waterloo” to play over the credits.
August 17, 2020
Ian Beacock
Can Democracy Handle Charisma?
From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.
July 20, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump gives us Drunk History—while sober.
July 28, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
In France, It Really Matters What Politicians Wear. Even Men.
François Hollande is just the country's latest fashion victim
February 1, 2014
Simon Heffer
What Really Happened at the Battle of Waterloo
November 23, 2013
Linda Kinstler
Do Readers Give Infographics a Free Pass?
Why we need to learn to scrutinize them like any other journalism
December 7, 2012
Paul Berman
How Europe Earned Its Nobel Peace Prize
October 19, 2012
Max Boot
After Abbottabad: Navy SEALs and American Security
May 30, 2012
David Thomson
Thomson: The Futile Necessity of Revisiting an Old Love Affair
March 28, 2012
Timothy Noah
Single-Payer Briar Patch
November 11, 2011
Martin Peretz
Netanyahu Is Not the Problem
September 30, 2011
Walter Shapiro
Why There’s Still Space—and Time—For Another GOP Contender
August 1, 2011
Walter Shapiro
The Utter Meaninglessness of the Debt Ceiling Deal
May 19, 2011
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Break a Clegg
April 7, 2011
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann on Films: French Toasts
February 1, 2011
Josef Joffe
A Completely Unpredictable Revolution
December 8, 2010
Michael Makovsky
Being Winston Churchill
October 15, 2010
Rochelle Gurstein
No More Arcs
September 22, 2010
Matthew Kaminski
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