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Noah Millman

Columnist

Noah Millman is a screenwriter and filmmaker, a political columnist and a critic. From 2012 through 2017 he was a senior editor and featured blogger at The American Conservative. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Politico, USA Today, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, Foreign Policy, Modern Age, First Things, and the Jewish Review of Books, among other publications. Noah lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.

The last Democratic SCOTUS appointment?
President Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Opinion

The last Democratic SCOTUS appointment?

A defense attorney in a society of cops
Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Opinion

A defense attorney in a society of cops

The secret plan to get things done in Congress
An elephant.
Opinion

The secret plan to get things done in Congress

What we'll forget about COVID
Forgetting COVID.
Opinion

What we'll forget about COVID

Ukraine needs honest brokers
A handshake.
Opinion

Ukraine needs honest brokers

A war without an off-ramp
A soldier.
Opinion

A war without an off-ramp

The pictures got small — maybe that's okay
Oscars.
Opinion

The pictures got small — maybe that's okay

It's still Putin's move
Vladimir Putin.
Opinion

It's still Putin's move

Building better now?
Climate change.
Opinion

Building better now?

A new era of nuclear proliferation?
Earth.
Opinion

A new era of nuclear proliferation?

Abundance, not austerity
A piggy bank.
Opinion

Abundance, not austerity

We've met our democratic deficit, and it is us
A donkey and an elephant.
Opinion

We've met our democratic deficit, and it is us

The best replacement for Stephen Breyer is Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer.
Opinion

The best replacement for Stephen Breyer is Stephen Breyer

Could the threat of Ukrainian resistance deter Russia?
Vladimir Putin.
Opinion

Could the threat of Ukrainian resistance deter Russia?

How attacking SCOTUS is a Democratic self-own
Donald Trump.
Opinion

How attacking SCOTUS is a Democratic self-own

3 cheers for the pig man
The pig man.
Opinion

3 cheers for the pig man

Does Putin want to avoid war?
Vladimir Putin.
Opinion

Does Putin want to avoid war?

We need more tests
A COVID test.
Opinion

We need more tests

Tweaking Harvard's admissions rules won't make America less elitist
Harvard admissions.
Opinion

Tweaking Harvard's admissions rules won't make America less elitist

The radicalization of a COVID moderate
A COVID mask.
Opinion

The radicalization of a COVID moderate

Fighting over the last sip
A half-full glass.
Opinion

Fighting over the last sip

A Catch-22 in Taiwan and Ukraine
Earth.
Opinion

A Catch-22 in Taiwan and Ukraine

Dems, stop playing 'who's the most progressive?'
Kathy Hochul.
Opinion

Dems, stop playing 'who's the most progressive?'

Free lunch is off the menu
President Biden.
Opinion

Free lunch is off the menu

COVID hawks are fighting a losing war
Lots of masks.
Opinion

COVID hawks are fighting a losing war

The punitive turn in tax rhetoric
A taxpayer.
Opinion

The punitive turn in tax rhetoric

Will Democrats give Mitt Romney a call?
Mitt Romney.
Opinion

Will Democrats give Mitt Romney a call?

How the GOP won at identity politics
Democrats and Republicans.
Opinion

How the GOP won at identity politics

The debt ceiling: A fight about nothing
President Biden and Mitch McConnell.
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The debt ceiling: A fight about nothing

The heart of the Evergrande crisis
Xi Jinping.
Opinion

The heart of the Evergrande crisis

It's the virus, stupid
President Biden.
Opinion

It's the virus, stupid

What America has learned since 9/11
A September 11 memorial.
Opinion

What America has learned since 9/11

The sticky problem of 'religious exemption'
Jesus.
Opinion

The sticky problem of 'religious exemption'

Occam's Razor and the Delta surge
A woman wearing a mask.
Opinion

Occam's Razor and the Delta surge

Envying California
Gavin Newsom.
Opinion

Envying California

Plan B
Wearing a mask?
Opinion

Plan B