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Strange Bedfellows
Before I dig into my topic today, I wanted to apologize for the relatively light posting the last month.
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Make America Gilded Again
Part of the appeal of Donald Trump’s gauzy promise to “Make America Great Again” is that it’s vague enough to appeal to constituencies who have little…
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The Great Debate
I’ve always been puzzled by the pundits who worried that Kamala Harris wouldn’t do well in a debate.
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Fair and Balanced
This morning, New York Times publisher A.G.
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Conventional Wisdom IX
Just a short follow-up on yesterday’s post:
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Conventional Wisdom VIII
The third night of the Democratic National Convention was framed around the theme of “freedom,” a word that has increasingly become a mainstay of the…
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Conventional Wisdom VII
The second night of the Democratic National Convention kicked off with a raucous roll call of the states, set to a soundtrack of hit songs (and a live…
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Conventional Wisdom VI
As I noted yesterday, the first night of the Democratic National Convention turned into a pretty defiant and pretty impressive union rally.
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Conventional Wisdom V
Just as I did with the bizarre train wreck that was the Republican National Convention, I’ll be posting each day of this week’s Democratic National…
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Muskrat Love
For those of you who wisely decided to avoid the conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, or who were unable to tune in due to Twitter’s…
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Democrats in Array
Wow.
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Conventional Wisdom IV
As I noted last time, the Republican National Convention has been fairly boring — psychotic, but boring — and not even last night’s speech from the vice…
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A newsletter connecting the past and present of American politics from a historian who has written extensively about civil rights, religious nationalism and modern conservatism.
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