Archive - Notes from the Middleground

How I'll Be Covering Trump 2.0

Thoughts on the right way to write and teach about the incoming 47th president

Dec 16 •

My Top Ten Songs of 2024

Most of them were actually released this year!

Dec 13 •

Damon and Chris talk Biden's legacy (and other stuff too)!

A recording from Damon Linker and Chris Cillizza's live video

Dec 12 •

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A Conversation on Joe Biden's Legacy

I'll be talking to Chris Cillizza on Wednesday at 2PM Eastern on Substack Live

Dec 10 •

Dialectical Contributions to Democratic Breakdown

Multiple news stories over the past week confirm the precariousness of our situation

Dec 9

If Democrats Were Smart…

… they would be clamoring to impeach the president over the Hunter Biden pardon

Dec 4 •

A Republican Party Reborn

The GOP is becoming something very different than used to be, and not just because it’s ditched the Reaganite conservatism that once defined it

Dec 2 •

November 2024

Election 2024 Postmortem

Bad news for the Democrats, and where they should go from here

Nov 26 •

The Bestial Politics of Masculine Self-Assertion

Further thoughts on the meaning of Trump’s most egregious Cabinet picks

Nov 22 •

MAGA's Downward Moral Spiral

The old conservatism is dead, and we don't really know how to get along without it

Nov 18 •

No Silver Linings

Things are getting very dark, very fast

Nov 14 •

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Second Trump Administration

Preliminary predictions

Nov 11 •

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