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Responding to Trump: What about the State AGs? What about the Democrats? And the Germans?
In response to three recent pieces—one discussing the public and private parts of the U.S. system of self-governance…
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Projection President
Months into his tenure, Trump still responds to controversies by lobbing the same charges at his opponents.
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Stories From Another Time, for Our Times: ‘We Do Our Part’
To the extent I spent any time studying in college, it was to learn about American history. The main impression…
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Books to Read (or Buy), According to Me
The best seasonal present, this year and any year (since 1857), is of course a subscription to The Atlantic. Get…
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This Is What the Resistance Sounds Like
Governor Jerry Brown of California got Twitter-verse attention for saying two days ago that if Donald Trump shuts down satellite…
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Which Department Should Rick Perry Head? The Answer Will Come to You.
I have a soft spot for Rick Perry, finding his aw-shucks demeanor more natural-seeming than most politicians’. I can even…
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Landslide Donald
As I mentioned in this post in late November, and in this followup, and also in a discussion with Diane…
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‘There’s No Such Thing Anymore, Unfortunately, as Facts’
This morning, straight off the plane from Shanghai, I was on The Diane Rehm Show with Margaret Sullivan, much-missed former…
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A More Detailed Guide to Dealing With Trump's Lies
Yesterday from China, I did a long item on the utter inadequacy of standard press practices in the face of…
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How to Deal With the Lies of Donald Trump: Guidelines for the Media
A man who will literally have life and death power over much of humanity seems not to understand or care…
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How the Vote Broke, in Historical Perspective
From the inbox, an engineer who is directly involved in the technology for tabulating votes in a number of states…
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On the Future of the Time Capsules
Back in May, I kicked off a Trump Time Capsule series, designed to note what we knew, when we knew…
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A Video for the New Age
As a study of oratorical styles, this is genuinely worth watching, even if you don't understand a word of…
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After the Election: ‘What a Pathetic Thing Is Decadence’
Thank you to readers for the hundreds of messages that have been pouring in daily. In most of the time…
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First Thoughts on the Election
Most of what I think about last night’s results I discussed in a long talk early this morning with Terry…
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How I'd Vote, If I Lived In ...
A for-the-record personal-preference note on election eve. Yes for Aguilar. If I lived in my original hometown of…
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‘A Disturbing Series of Events’: The Comey Aftermath
Ten days ago I argued that FBI Director James Comey had changed the dynamics of the 2016 election in an…
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The Future of Mr. Comey
With his ill-advised intrusions into this year’s election, FBI Director James Comey has already damaged U.S. interests and the…
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2016: The Year Latinos Saved America?
Two of my long-time, politically well-experienced friends have been in Nevada recently, doing get-out-the-vote work. Independently, each has just sent…
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Trump Time Capsule #152: The End
Five and a half months ago, as Donald Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, I thought it would be worth…
