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Why the Republicans Ate a “Turd Sandwich”
The Party of Prosaic Government beat the Party of Performative Noise
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Ruminating with Hillary Clinton
Guest Editor Charlotte Alter goes deep with her on age, happiness and Trump
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Regulate Tech — Big Time
Ruminating with Roger McNamee about the dangers of “surveillance capitalism.”
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Jimmy Carter: An Epic American Life
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RFK Jr.: Pedigreed Menace
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Trump's Indictment is Good for America
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The Final Triumph of the January 6th Committee — Day Ten
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Jimmy On The Farm
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Will 2024 Be Rigged?
The election is shaping up as both a boring rematch and a wild ride.
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RFK Jr.: Pedigreed Menace
Who Will Figure Out How to Drive Him From the Race?
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How to Lead an Accidental Life
Terry McDonell, the legendary editor of Rolling Stone, Esquire and Sports Illustrated, on what his mother taught him.
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Let the 2024 Campaign Handicapping Begin
Walter Shapiro explains why the only thing worse than Biden running is Biden being challenged in the primaries.
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Trump's Indictment is Good for America
Even if the Republican response to it isn't.
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Book Bans Are Big Again in America
On both the left and the right, free expression is under attack, says the CEO of PEN USA.
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The 'October Surprise': Inside Carter's Grueling 1980 Iran Hostage Crisis
Today's New York Times story is credible but less significant than recent evidence from Madrid that Ronald Reagan's campaign manager tried to delay…
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How To Make Government Work Again
Philip Howard thinks the Supreme Court might buy his argument and invalidate all public sector collective bargaining agreements. That would be huge.
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DEI Inc: Why Students Get to Fire Professors
There's a financial reason why opponents of free speech and academic freedom get so much traction on campus.
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