Lee Siegel

Lee Siegel on why the South should get the hell out of the union.

How Joe Biden’s unprecedented performance broke new ground for politicians and television. By Lee Siegel.

Despite his reputation as a cold-hearted, aloof patrician, Gore Vidal was a man of powerful, appealing contradictions, writes Lee Siegel.

Lee Siegel on what the ferocious idolatry of the former president says about today’s right-wing insurgents.

The new bio of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee has caused a stir. Lee Siegel on the perilous relationship between writer and subject.

<p>Florida congressman Allen West said he’s heard that there are 80 communists in Congress, which Lee Siegel says is just further proof that America’s archest conservatives have no one left to fight with. Plus <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/04/12/13-outrageous-allen-west-comments-house-democrats-communists-more.html" target="_blank">read more of Allen West's nuttiest comments</a>.<br> </p> <p></p>

Trayvon Martin’s death reflects the hysteria that has hounded our first black president. By Lee Siegel.

<p>Whether it’s a <a href="/content/dailybeast/galleries/2012/03/28/pilot-goes-nuts-steven-slater-and-more-jetblue-fiascos-photos.html">JetBlue pilot losing it on a flight</a>, an Army sergeant on a killing spree, or Newt Gingrich erupting in mid-debate, the examples all tell the same story: rage is the defining emotion of our time.</p>

His campaign film stresses the president’s federal initiatives. That is its fatal error. By Lee Siegel.

And Jesus was a drinker? Lee Siegel on the sneaky politics of the evangelical’s U-turn on legalized pot.