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August 31, 2026
Can Scandals Influence Midterm Elections?
They did in 2006—but only when framed by Democrats in one specific way.
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August 24, 2026
What Donald Duck Can Teach Trump About Going to War
President Franklin Roosevelt enlisted entertainers to make the case for fighting Germany and Japan.
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August 17, 2026
How Ronald Reagan Used Diplomacy to End the Cold War
A new movie shows how the president conferred with State Department experts before each meeting.
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August 10, 2026
Todd Blanche’s Confirmation Would Have Been A Scandal in 1973
Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” triggered nationwide outage—and a firewall which is now gone.
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August 3, 2026
Special Treatment for Cuban Refugees Is No More
The Trump administration has rendered them as vulnerable to removal as other immigrants.
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July 27, 2026
Bill Clinton Ended Welfare and Paved the Way For MAGA
Republicans have since turned their attention to additional pillars of the social safety net.
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July 20, 2026
The Liberal Origins of the War Against the Deep State
In the 1970s, fears of an out-of-control executive branch emanated from Democrats, not Republicans.
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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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