Joe Conason

"De mortuis nil nisi bonum," said my father whenever a political adversary passed away, repeating the ancient admonition to speak only good of the dead. So, in assessing the career of Lindsey Graham, lately deceased senator from South Carolina, let's note... See more

While Fascist Goons Hide Behind Masks, Republicans Pretend They Don't Exist Whenever members of the white nationalist Patriot Front organization march in Washington, as they did again on July 4, they hide their faces behind white gaiters – as if aware of ... See more

Mocking Watergate Scandal, Vance Flaunts Corrupt Cynicism Of Trump White House In his clueless and clumsy style, JD Vance has unmasked the cynical corruption at the core of Trump’s White House. Speaking at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum... See more

Mamdani's Big Night In New York Primary Stokes Conservative Political Fantasies With his endorsement driving three insurgent challengers to victory in New York’s Democratic congressional primaries on June 23, Mayor Zohran Mamdani proved again that his com... See more

Of all the scandals that have beset the nation during the years of the Trump regime, few have so neatly represented the would-be dictator as his despoliation of the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The overgrowth o... See more