Archive - John Clarke Whitaker

The Conservatives of Conscience, 2024

As in 2020, hundreds of prominent Republicans are endorsing the Democratic candidate for President, an unprecedented effort to convey the existential…

Sep 12, 2024 •

August 2024

The Passion of Mayor Pete

The failure of progressives to rally around the young candidate in 2020 continues to haunt some Americans as a historic missed opportunity.

Aug 6, 2024 •

December 2021

Trump's Next Coup Has Already Begun

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic, introduces January's cover story, another must-read from Barton Gellman: Stating plainly that one of America’s…

Dec 6, 2021 •

October 2021

Fiddling While Democracy Burns

Don't miss this must-read from Princeton historian Sean Wilentz. May Senator Joe Manchin absorb it on his house-yacht Almost Heaven, and consult his…

Oct 21, 2021 •

February 2021

“The Genie Is Out Of The Bottle”: A Warning From A Survivor Of The Bosnian War

Mirsada Burić ran her way out of a civil war. She was twenty-two years old and living in Sarajevo when, in 1992, she was chosen to represent Bosnia and…

Feb 1, 2021 •

October 2020

The Conservatives of Conscience

In the tradition of leaders across history who stood up for truth amid the fog of tribalism—and who refused to be complicit in the face of evil—hundreds…

Oct 7, 2020 •

January 2020

September 2019

Standing Up for What's Right

It is refreshing when relatives of people who have done immense damage to our world—undermining truth and science, spreading fear and division…

Sep 27, 2019 •

June 2019

I Am a Carbon Abolitionist. Are You?

This excellent piece by economist Eric Beinhocker radiates moral clarity: History tells us that mass social movements always have a moral argument at…

Jun 28, 2019 •

February 2019

David Wallace-Wells, who writes about climate change for New York, has become an indispensable voice for these befuddled times. His latest essay lays…

Feb 18, 2019 •

December 2018

Balkanized America

I was thrilled to learn this week that the Holocaust Museum Houston is adding my photo of Mevludin Orić to their collection, as part of their effort to…

Dec 14, 2018 •

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