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September 2024

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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August 2024

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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July 2024

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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Conventional Wisdom III
So, when I decided I’d do daily updates through the Republican National Convention, I just assumed that there would be a steady stream of big breaking…
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