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Norman Lear: He Kept the Moment Going
My experience with his “engaged curiosity”
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Remembering Charlie Peters
The eccentric founder of The Washington Monthly changed journalism, government, the Democratic Party — and my life
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The Formidable Rosalynn Carter
This piece originally appeared in The New York Times. I saw Rosalynn Carter angry only twice. Both occasions involved Ronald Reagan, who had crushed…
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Jimmy Carter: An Epic American Life
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Ruminating with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
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Thinking Straight About the Israel-Hamas War
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7 Takeaways from the Trump Conspiracy Case
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Ruminating with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
The dynamic duo who brought down Nixon talk about Watergate, Trump and the future of democracy.
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Thinking Straight About the Israel-Hamas War
What's right about a clear-eyed letter from Columbia faculty and wrong about calls for a ceasefire by the Carter Center and other institutions.
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Biden's Brilliant Empathy and Three Other Glimmers of Hope
Once again, I try to find a few ponies in the manure.
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Will Bibi Survive the Fallout?
The news from Israel will get worse — and then maybe better
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Could Biden Decide Not to Run?
What Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, George Mitchell and others should say to him
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The Trauma Tsunami
Retired Brigadier General Loree Sutton on today’s mental health crisis and a promising new way to treat PTSD
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She's The Boss
Judge Chutkan and Trump’s approaching Day of Judgment
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Life at the Top
Ruminating with Norman Pearlstine on the crisis in local news and his career atop four major legacy news organizations
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Be Happy for Democracy
Good news about Hunter Biden's trial, Rep. Dean Phillips' primary challenge and the odds of Donald Trump being sentenced to a soup kitchen
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