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July 13, 2026
The Politicization of the U.S. Military Did Not Start With Trump
Nostalgia about the U.S. armed forces being above the partisan fray is not borne out by history.
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July 6, 2026
Jimmy Carter Knew What Ails America
One of history’s most misunderstood speeches is also one of its most important.
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June 29, 2026
The Cost of America Abandoning the Military Draft
Trump could be confident his war in Iran would not touch the daily lives of most voters.
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June 22, 2026
The Obama Center Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Some of the basic functions of presidential libraries are fading.
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June 16, 2026
How to Say No to an Imperial President
Trump’s expansion of executive power would make even Richard Nixon blush.
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June 8, 2026
Trump Is Doing What FDR Could Not
But the president’s success at purging his party could cost the GOP in the long term.
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June 1, 2026
Clinton’s Lincoln Bedroom Scandal Looks Quaint Now
What a very 1990s scandal says about corruption during the second Trump administration.
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May 25, 2026
‘One man, one vote’? Maybe Not in Trump’s America
A recent Supreme Court decision threatens a core democratic principle.
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May 18, 2026
How California Politics Set the National Tone
Ronald Reagan honed his right-wing conservatism in the Golden State.
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May 12, 2026
The Response to Political Violence in 1968 Was Very Different From Today
Back then, political will existed to meet tragedy with law.
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May 4, 2026
When Rumors of a Drinking Problem Sunk a Cabinet Nomination
The so-called Tower fiasco took place in a very different Washington to today.
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April 28, 2026
What Congress Could Do to Stop the War
Republicans are declining to use their power of the purse.
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April 20, 2026
Why the Next Generation of Republicans Might Be More Extreme Than MAGA
President Trump could come to represent the restrained, reasonable wing of the GOP.
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