In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings. — Sam Tanenhaus Books Copy Share Image
“That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part… — Sam Tanenhaus Cold war Copy Share Image
Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us. — Sam Tanenhaus Allies Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question… — Sam Tanenhaus Accommodate Copy Share Image
Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to… — Sam Tanenhaus America Copy Share Image
The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm… — Sam Tanenhaus Answers Copy Share Image
Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him,… — Sam Tanenhaus Adversaries Copy Share Image
We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death. — Sam Tanenhaus Death Copy Share Image
Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associate… — Sam Tanenhaus Associates Copy Share Image
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes… — Sam Tanenhaus Bad boy Copy Share Image
Pat Buchanan has emerged as the prophet and forerunner of a real economic nationalism on the right, and Donald Trump is now… — Sam Tanenhaus Economic Copy Share Image
