The Moral Malaise: The New York Times Makes the Case for “Microlooting” to Murder

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Columns, Criminal law, Media, Politics, SocietyApril 27, 2026
The Moral Malaise: The New York Times Makes the Case for “Microlooting” to Murder

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent New York Times podcast exploring the justifications for crimes ranging from theft to murder. The podcast with radical Hasan Piker, the New York Times Opinion Culture Editor Nadja Spiegelman, and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino captured the moral relativism that has taken hold of the left in American society. Reading the manifesto of the accused White House Correspondents Association Dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen shows the ultimate expression of a society where rage has replaced morality and decency.

Here is the column:

“It is so hard to live ethically in an unethical society.” That lament heard this week from New York Times opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman could well be the Democratic Party’s epitaph.

Spiegelman was interviewing two left-wing influencers about how everything from shoplifting to murder may be excusable today in light of the unfairness they see in society.

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/04/27/the-monsters-among-us-the-new-york-times-makes-that-case-for-microlooting-to-murder/

[Cyber Liberty]

FTA:

It is the knowledge that all mortals carry the Saturn gene; all mortals share the capacity to become monsters.

This is the underlying premise of The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.  The style of the prose, written from the point of view of the murderer, suggested the killing was perfectly rational for a practical man.  His moral compass allowed it!

[Smokin Joe]

FTA:

This is the underlying premise of The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.  The style of the prose, written from the point of view of the murderer, suggested the killing was perfectly rational for a practical man.  His moral compass allowed it!

When one's moral compass looks like a spinner from a '60s board game, anything goes.

Calling Snake Pliskin....calling Snake Pliskin...please pick up the white courtesy phone.