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A Five-Alarm Fire in Minnesota
The Trump administration experiments with dictatorship
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A Conversation with Myself about the Mess in Minneapolis
Even more than usual, I’ve been of two minds about the appalling death of Renee Nicole Good and the lessons we should take from it
Jan 12
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Reverting to the Historical Mean
Trump's foreign policy misadventures point the way toward a future a lot like the past
Jan 9
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Ten Theses for Liberals on Sex and Gender
May 18, 2023
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Decline Is a Choice America Keeps Making
Aug 29, 2025
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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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Mapping the Margins of Our New Political Reality
Aug 11, 2025
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What Awaits Us in the Political Seasons Ahead?
Making predictions is hard, especially about the future—but I really do think JD Vance’s main competitor for the 2028 GOP nomination is going to be…
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An admittedly gloomy look back at a low, dishonest year in American politics
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Norman Podhoretz's Legacy
The first-generation neoconservative intellectual died last week at 95 years old. I wrote about him for The New York Times back in 2010
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Living in Carl Schmitt’s World
If we’re not careful, we could end up vindicating the prophet of friend vs. enemy politics
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Four women and six men who delighted my ear over the past twelve months
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How Trump Could Win by Losing on Birthright Citizenship
The Supreme Court might open a path to revising our understanding of the 14th Amendment while precluding the president from codifying it by executive…
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