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Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and former staff writer for The New Republic.

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March 11, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz mangled the history of the Great Depression.
March 11, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump claims to be the monster who can destroy the other monsters.
March 10, 2016
Jeet Heer
American Trudeaumania is fuelled by anti-Trumpism.
March 10, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Is Actually the Anti-Trump
Unwilling to rupture his party, Sanders has shown incredible staying power—but a possibly fatal reluctance to go for the kill.
March 10, 2016
Jeet Heer
Will testiness pay off again for Bernie Sanders?
March 9, 2016
Jeet Heer
George Martin turned the Beatles into studio musicians.
March 8, 2016
Jeet Heer
Stop blaming Trump on Obama.
March 8, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Is the Ted Cruz of the Democratic Primary
And, in term of the demographics of the states they have won, Hillary Clinton is the Donald Trump.
March 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Grunge is dead, but the 1990s live on in the Democratic debates.
March 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders admits that he’s a “single issue candidate.”
March 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Presidential Penis: A Short History
An obsession with the president's phallus is a feature of American history long pre-dating Donald Trump.
March 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
Marco Rubio made a funny.
March 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
The GOP debate is a great lesson on the dangers of toxic masculinity.
March 2, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie’s Revolution Is Too White to Win
His demographic base just isn't diverse enough to earn the Democratic Party's nomination.
March 1, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is getting new people interested in the Republican Party, like Louis Farrakhan.
March 1, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Is Slip Slidin’ Away on Super Tuesday
Dented by losses in Nevada and South Carolina, he faces an ominous drop in support in key states.
February 29, 2016
Jeet Heer
Marco Rubio needs to study insult comedy from a master, President Obama.
February 29, 2016
Jeet Heer
The GOP race enters strange territory as Rubio jokes about Trump’s small penis.
February 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Bloodied But Unbowed
At Thursday's debate, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally scored points against the front-runner. But why did they wait so long?
February 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why is Donald Trump obsessed with shame?

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