Recent articles
February 21, 2026
‘A Cocked Pistol Aimed at Iran’
Three Opinion writers on Iran, Epstein and what power really looks like.
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February 18, 2026
Democrats Win in Texas With Candidates Like Taylor Rehmet
A shock Democratic victory in a Texas special election shows what the party needs to do to win more there — and many other places, too.
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February 14, 2026
Pam Bondi’s ‘Cage Match’ and Trump’s Fraying Coalition
The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.
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February 10, 2026
Trump’s Doomed Drive to Rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport
The president wants to change the public landscape to honor himself. It’s not the worst thing he’s done, but it will require fixing.
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February 9, 2026
‘You Cannot Feel Remotely Sorry for the Patriots’: Opinion Writers Tackle the Super Bowl
Super Bowl LX is in the books. An Opinion round table breaks down the game, the entertainment — and the commercials.
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February 7, 2026
How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election, Really?
The round table convenes to debate whether we need to worry about the midterms being free and fair.
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January 28, 2026
These Democrats Want Clinton to Answer for Epstein. Good.
As Democrats work to regain the public trust and to shed their image as the party of elites, they cannot be seen as treating elites in their party as above the law.
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January 14, 2026
Mary Peltola Puts Alaska in Play for Democrats
Mary Peltola’s entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.
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January 12, 2026
The Rare Republican Who Brawls With Trump — and Is Ready for More
Thomas Massie says his primary against a Trump-supported challenger will be a referendum on whether you can “have a thought that diverges from the president’s.”
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December 31, 2025
The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.
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December 5, 2025
He’s Unpopular. A Lame Duck. And Taking Heat From Multiple Directions.
Rare pushback from his party and troubling poll numbers reflect the newly precarious situation in which Trump finds himself.
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