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September 12, 2026
The Cult of Trump Is Waning
The president has a very simple strategy for the midterms.
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September 5, 2026
Pierre Damas Bel Should Not Be Dead
Pierre Damas Bel should still be alive.
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September 2, 2026
Trump’s Fantasy-Reality Problem Is Deepening
The president’s unusual relationship to the objective world leaves him dangerously unable to pivot, shift gears or change course.
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August 29, 2026
Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution
The mail-in voting fiasco is the latest proof that we have another reconstruction ahead of us.
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August 26, 2026
It Was Inevitable That Trump Would Come to This
Lèse-majesté, American-style.
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August 22, 2026
The Real Natalie Harp Scandal Is the President’s Information Diet
President Trump exists in a degraded, chaotic environment.
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August 22, 2026
The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed.
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August 19, 2026
Trump’s Lust for Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce
Revenge shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
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August 15, 2026
Trump Is in a Fantasy Land of His Own Making
What would happen if he’s forced to confront an external crisis?
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August 8, 2026
Hello, Democrats? Are You Listening?
Michigan presents as much a warning as it does an opportunity.
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August 1, 2026
The Right Can’t Even Make a Revenge Movie Well
‘Citizen Vigilante’ is a bargain-bin movie for the ages.
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August 1, 2026
What Happens to America’s Political Parties After Trump?
Democrats have an anger problem. Republicans have a Trump problem.
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July 29, 2026
Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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July 25, 2026
The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters
Three Opinion writers discuss whether the president’s Red Scare strategy will work.
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July 22, 2026
Joe McCarthy Lives!
Trump’s attempt to drum up a third red scare is certain to fail.
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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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