Peter Birkenhead

Peter Birkenhead’s work has appeared in Salon, The Daily Beast, The LA Review of Books, U.S. News, MORE, Marie Claire, The Awl, The Morning News, Tikkun, and other publications. He is the author of "Gonville: a memoir."

Chuck Schumer; Donald Trump; Robert Mueller
Democrats must fight for impeachment: It's the only real antidote for Donald Trump's lies Peter Birkenhead
Ronald Reagan
Best essays of 2017: Of mice and murder, and Ronald Reagan Peter Birkenhead
Of mice and murder, and Ronald Reagan Peter Birkenhead
Hail, Caesar!
The Coen Brothers' failure of imagination: What the "Hail, Caesar!" creators really "don't understand" about making diverse movies Peter Birkenhead
Oliver Sacks
To Oliver Sacks, patients were people first: Resilient and adaptive, with a diagnosis that told only part of the story Peter Birkenhead
Ronald Reagan
The GOP's destructive Vietnam mythology: How the right's self-glorifying delusions led to decades of avoidable war Peter Birkenhead
Rick Warren, Richard Dawkins
Why do we let New Atheists and religious zealots dominate the conversation about religion? Peter Birkenhead
Why we still can't talk about slavery Peter Birkenhead
Cribs vs. Beds: Parenthood's all-out war Peter Birkenhead
Better to be Hamlet than President George Peter Birkenhead
Give my petards to Broadway Peter Birkenhead
"Eugenics" or freedom of choice? Peter Birkenhead
Oprah's ugly secret Peter Birkenhead
A hard rock Peter Birkenhead
Confessions of a utility actor Peter Birkenhead