Recent articles
July 15, 2026
The Seduction of Lindsey Graham
He could see the obvious truth that Trump was a malign and corrosive force in American politics — that is, until Trump won the White House.
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July 1, 2026
Five Words That Shook the World
It wasn’t Thomas Jefferson who made “All men are created equal” actually mean something.
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June 27, 2026
Has the MAGA ‘Sugar Rush’ Finally Run Out?
Three Opinion writers on Trump’s latest face-plant.
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June 20, 2026
Obama and Mamdani Show How It’s Done
Shadow commemorations in Chicago and New York.
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June 17, 2026
If You Don’t Vote for Republicans, You Don’t Exist
“Voter fraud” is not about fraud. It is about who votes and how.
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June 13, 2026
Only One President Could Come Up With This Spectacle
Trump has gone beyond kayfabe.
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June 10, 2026
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Own the Constitution
It starts with “We the people” for a reason.
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June 6, 2026
Escape From Trumpism
The best pathway out is to make Congress great again.
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June 6, 2026
Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat
And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today.
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June 3, 2026
America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance
Lincoln would know how to deal with these Republicans.
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May 23, 2026
Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?
The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party.
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May 20, 2026
Now Give Me Money (That’s What I Want)
Trump has molded the presidency in his image. It isn’t pretty.
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May 16, 2026
The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History
The Voting Rights Act has more democratic legitimacy than the court that is trying to destroy it.
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May 13, 2026
The Supreme Court Has Left Us in a Dangerous Place
The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais might drive America’s politics to an even more precarious place of partisan tension and ideological Balkanization.
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May 9, 2026
Democrats Who Are Soft on Republicans Have Got to Go
Virginians must fight back against its Supreme Court in the name of popular sovereignty.
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May 6, 2026
John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn’t Exist
Guess who benefits from a “colorblind Constitution.”
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April 29, 2026
The Loneliness of Donald Trump
This is a man who rarely travels beyond the confines of the White House compound or Mar-a-Lago.
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April 22, 2026
Trump Corrupts, and Absolute Trump Corrupts Absolutely
The president is one of a kind.
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April 18, 2026
Trump Still Hearts McKinley
The president loves the 19th century. But why?
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