Ideas
Arguments. Essays. Inquiries.
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AP How America’s First Women Voters Lost the Franchise
The president’s claim that voters “put on a different shirt, come in and vote again” echoed an odd 19th-century episode.
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Reuters / Stringer Is a Spreadsheet’s Creator Liable for the Allegations It Contains?
A look at the case law that shapes a legal gray zone
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Why Jim Acosta Got His Pass Back
A judge suggested that it’s unconstitutional to revoke a reporter’s press pass without providing a reason.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Left-Wing Protests Are Crossing the Line
Protesters harassing prominent conservatives in their private lives fall short of the standards of civil disobedience.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Mr. Brexit
The president encouraged Britain to leave the EU—but now that things are falling apart, he’s abdicating his responsibility to help.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump Gets NATO Backwards
The U.S. defends Europe out of self-interest.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Freeways Are Always Soul Crushing. Now They’re on Fire.
Dickens or Tana French may be on the audio system, but the California fires are igniting my imagination.
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John J. Miller / Getty Cities That Lost Amazon’s HQ2 Contest Can Still End Up Ahead
There’s a silver lining for the 235 places that did not win.
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Mike Segar / Reuters There Is No Progressive Majority in America
“Anti-left” still beats “anti-Trump” in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, and in many other places besides.
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Cathal McNaughton / Reuters America’s Dangerous Rhetorical Games
Allocating responsibility for violent acts to any politician or pundit should be done only with the greatest of care.
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Steve Marcus / Reuters Not All White Women
Some progressives are blaming a single demographic group for a string of losses in the midterm elections—but that distorts the actual results.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters The New GOP Coalition Is Emerging
In the wake of an upper-middle-class exodus, the Republican Party needs to win working-class voters—or it will lose its grip on power.
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A Sikorsky Veteran on Marine One in the Rain
I imagine this will be the last installment in the “weather flying with Marine One” series. Two previous entries here…
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Trump, Marine One, and the Rain: Pilots and Other Readers Weigh In
Last night I posted an item about weather conditions this past weekend in Paris, when Donald Trump joined other world…
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Whitaker’s Appointment Is Unconstitutional
Trump’s acting attorney general can’t legally hold the office—and that’s a problem for everyone.
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Edgard Garrido / Reuters Trump Is Rewriting Asylum Law
It’s already difficult to obtain asylum. But the president, for no good reason, is set on making it near-impossible on the southern border.
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Edmon de Haro How to Salvage Congress
When I was elected to the House of Representatives two years ago, I found the problems weren’t as bad as I’d expected—they were worse.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Can Marine One Fly in the Rain?
The White House’s explanation of President Trump’s absence from a ceremony in France raises more questions than it answers.
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John Duricka / AP A 1985 Recount Is Suddenly Relevant Again
In the fight over Indiana’s Bloody Eighth, Democrats won the seat, but lost the larger narrative.
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Pascal Rossignol / Reuters Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal
Each year, local governments spend nearly $100 billion to move headquarters and factories between states. It’s a wasteful exercise that requires a national solution.
