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One of the Republican Convention’s Weirdest Lies
I watched hour upon hour of the Republican National Convention, something I’ve done every four years since I was a…
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Trump and Zelensky Speak by Phone as Ukraine Worries About U.S. Backing
Former President Donald J. Trump and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke over the phone late this week amid mounting concern…
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The Week When So Much Changed
An assassination attempt. An official Republican presidential nominee who is also the most polarizing figure in modern American history. Growing…
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Can We ‘Make America Affordable Again’? Should We?
The third item on the 2024 Republican Party platform, after promises to seal the border and engage in mass deportations,…
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Please, Mr. President, Do the Right Thing
Here are three true things about President Biden: He has done an excellent job as president. He has been ludicrously…
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The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed
My mission to understand the American elevator began in 2021 when I came down with a crippling post-viral illness. The…
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Divided and Undecided, 2024’s America Rhymes With 1924’s
Things should have been settled. The weary delegates should have already chosen a presidential nominee, packed up their Welcome to…
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Is America a City on a Hill or a Nation on the Precipice?
If America were a painting, it would almost certainly be a self-portrait. Ours is a nation obsessed with depicting and…
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Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race.
I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a…
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Mitch McConnell’s Warning Against Isolationism
More from our inbox: D-Day at 80, and the Lessons for Today‘The Party of Law and Order’?Universities Should Say More,…