Donald Trump After Hours
An interview with President Trump conducted over dinner and a tour at the White House that is full of revealing details and observations.
The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce
Tom Wolfe’s final piece for Esquire, written in 1983, and one of his most famous stories, looking at the mythical early days of Silicon Valley and the co-founder of Intel.
Dmitry Medvedev: the whipping boy for Russia’s discontented
A profile of Vladimir Putin’s political foil.
Putin’s Career Rooted in Russia’s KGB
Written in January 2000, this profile looks at the life and career of the then relatively unknown Vladimir Putin, who had been nominated as Acting President by Boris Yeltsin a month before.
The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
A less than flattering profile of Vice President Pence, looking at his time as Governor of Indiana and his elevation to his present office. The article provides an insight into his political ideology, as well as bizarre anecdotes such as Pence calling his wife “Mother” at a dinner with state legislators.
The Danger of President Pence
A piece positing that those who hope for the impeachment of President Trump might be missing some of the consequences.
Arron Banks: The Man Who Bought Brexit
A profile of the unique character who ploughed £7.5m into the campaign to leave the EU. He has now set his sights on a broad populist democratic movement to take on what he sees as the flawed and corrupt democratic institutions governing the UK.
Cuba: Fidel Castro’s Record of Repression
Some perhaps interesting context comes from a Human Rights Watch analysis of Fidel Castro’s regime.
Tim Kaine’s Radical Optimism
Tim Kaine, the first major elected politician outside Illinois to endorse Barack Obama in 2008, finds himself on the ticket eight years later.