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The Universities Are the Enemy
So think our new hard-right revolutionary overlords
Mar 21
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What Is to Be Done?—2
My struggle to figure out the best way forward for our country continues
Mar 17
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Trump's Will to Power
Using the president’s chaotic tariff policies as a window into his true motivations
Mar 14
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Ten Theses for Liberals on Sex and Gender
May 18, 2023
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The Singularly Appalling Republican Party
Apr 12, 2023
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MAGA's Downward Moral Spiral
Nov 18, 2024
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The Other Rally at the Garden
Oct 28, 2024
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No Silver Linings
Nov 14, 2024
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It’s the Fall That’s Gonna Kill You
Feb 21
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Close Encounters with the Reactionary Right
I’ve been embroiled in the same arguments for thirty years, pointing to the same gaps in the thinking of those on the most radical fringes
Mar 10
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Trump Is Turning America Into its Opposite and a Threat to the World
A French politician issues a stark warning
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Trump Is the State
The perils of personalist politics
Mar 7
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Mr. Hyde Murders Dr. Jekyll
The mauling of Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last Friday marks a new low in America’s MAGA transformation
Mar 3
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Should the Democrats Play Dead?
Not if they want to avoid the infamy that will follow from standing by passively while marauders assault American democracy and sell the parts for…
Feb 28
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Germany’s Deepening Dilemma
The country is riven by ideological divisions on two dimensions, plus deep demographic cleavages
Feb 24
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It’s the Fall That’s Gonna Kill You
The second Trump administration turns American governance into an act of collective self-harm
Feb 21
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