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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Idioms of Non-Argument
What happens when reviewers spend more time focusing on the motives of authors than the merits of their claims?
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The GOP’s Unearned Moral Indignation
The story many are telling themselves in the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation battle rests on delusion.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Does ‘White Male Rage’ Exist?
Many journalists covering Brett Kavanaugh’s angry Senate testimony made claims more sweeping than the evidence they provided to back them.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Everyone Wants the Supreme Court to Thwart Democratic Majorities
The Constitution protects the rights of minorities—and despite their rhetoric, both Republicans and Democrats support that.
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Toya Sarno Jordan / Reuters The Divide Over Kavanaugh Isn’t as Big as It First Appears
Even as voters disagree, many are drawing on the same basic set of values to reach opposing conclusions.
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Reuters Prosecute Those Making ‘True Threats’ Against Ford and Kavanaugh
Threats of violence discourage people from participating in civic life. This is an unusually good opportunity to deter them.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters How Lindsey Graham Tries to Keep Trump Hawkish
The South Carolina Republican lobbies to keep American boots on the ground in foreign conflicts—but neglects some of the attendant costs.
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Kris Tripplaar / The Atlantic Festival Free Speech Will Survive This Moment
Optimists and pessimists offered competing visions for the future of the First Amendment at The Atlantic Festival.
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Reuters ‘Truth Is Confirmed by Inspection and Delay’
Discoverable facts relevant to the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh remain uncovered.
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Michelle McLoughlin / Reuters A Non-scandalous, Non-ideological Case Against Brett Kavanaugh
A nation of 325 million can find at least one person qualified to sit on the Supreme Court who didn’t attend either Harvard or Yale.
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Mark Blinch / Reuters The Journalistic Implications of Ian Buruma’s Resignation
Can editors shape a constructive conversation about #MeToo while under pressure to act as the movement’s partisans?
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Naif Rahma / Reuters Trump’s Dirty War in Yemen
The president is aiding Saudi Arabia in an unlawful, unpopular, inhumane bombing campaign at odds with the foreign policy that he promised Americans.
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Brian Losness / Reuters Why Hasn’t Trump’s Refugee Policy Repelled His Christian Supporters?
Breaking with his predecessors from both parties, Trump has ratcheted down admissions of those fleeing persecution to their lowest levels in decades.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Do Trump’s Core Supporters Even Want the GOP to Win the Midterms?
If the agenda of the Republican establishment excited rank-and-file voters, Trump wouldn’t now preside over the party.
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Stephane Mahe / Reuters How a Professor Was Punished for an Act of Citizenship
Decisions made at Plymouth State University threaten to undermine participation in America’s criminal-justice system.
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Reuters / Ilya Naymushin Slightly More Than 100 Fantastic Articles
A list of nonfiction journalism from 2017 that will stand the test of time.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters ‘No Collusion—Rigged Witch Hunt!’ Is the New ‘I’m Not a Crook!’
President Trump is obsessed with the talking point, but it bears no more resemblance to reality than Richard Nixon’s best-remembered words.
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Leah Millis / Reuters What Trump Knew and Voters Didn't
The 2016 election was won amid a cover-up of illegal conduct designed to keep the truth from the electorate.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Senator Burr’s Shortcomings Are Showing
The Republican leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee sided with President Trump in his conflict with John Brennan with a statement that called his own judgment into question.
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John Stillwell / Reuters It Was the Gatekeepers Who Failed
The internet doesn’t actually offer an unconstrained marketplace of ideas.
