Obamagate Is the Ultimate Republican Non-ScandalDonald Trump says his predecessor committed the “greatest crime in American political history.” So why can’t he explain what it is? By ALEX SHEPHARD
The Great’s Empowerment ProblemHulu’s new show wants to portray an ultracompetent female ruler. But it fails to capture the real genius of Catherine the Great. By JENNIFER WILSON
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America’s Eternal Stockholm SyndromeThe right-wing fixation with Sweden’s coronavirus response is the latest example of the Nordic countries’ hold on our political imagination. By J.C. PAN
A Beach Read With TeethIn “All Adults Here,” Emma Straub skewers small-town bourgeois society. By JOSEPHINE LIVINGSTONE