Tom Nichols

Tom Nichols is the author of The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters.

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In Trump’s World, Reality Is Negotiable

The president’s resistance to learning will long outlive his administration.
- Tom Nichols
- Jan 13, 2019
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Trump Escalates His Assault on Civil-Military Relations

The president’s public disparagement of retired generals compounds the damage he has done.
- Tom Nichols
- Jan 2, 2019
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Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party

The Kavanaugh confirmation fight revealed the GOP to be the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs.
- Tom Nichols
- Oct 7, 2018