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An American Tragedy
The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism,...
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The Commonsense Of Rex Tillerson
The confirmation of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State appears to be one of those areas where liberal columnists, conservative politicians, Democratic lawmakers, and some former U.S. government...
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How We’ll Know if Trump Is Making America Great Again
Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign refrain will become the driving vision of the federal government when the billionaire developer takes the oath of office as president. Here are the 10...
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How The Anti-Muslim Fringe Conquered The White House.
Last July, a sharply dressed man named Frank Gaffney walked onto the stage of a crowded convention center in downtown Denver and proceeded to calmly warn his audience that Muslims were working to...
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Two Months Out Of Office, Barack Obama Is Having A Post-Presidency Like No Other
Not only are the Obamas still young and unusually popular for a post-White House couple, their decision to stay in Washington while their younger daughter finishes high school has combined with the...
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The Keystone Kops In The White House
“My fellow-Americans,” Donald Trump said in his weekly address on Friday, “It’s an exciting time for our country. Our new Administration has so much change under way— change that is going to strengthen...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Addled And Ominous Interview With The Times
It is often said, and with ample reason, that much of what Donald Trump says isn’t worth a jot. As Tony Schwartz, Trump’s ghostwriter, noted last year, “lying is second nature to him.” When he isn’t...
View ArticleTop 10 Signs Of Creeping Authoritarianism, Revisited
Has Trump undermined America’s constitutional order? Is he consolidating executive power the way democratically elected leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan have?...
View ArticleWhy Is Donald Trump Still So Horribly Witless About The World?
Max Boot, a lifelong conservative who advised three Republican Presidential candidates on foreign policy, keeps a folder labelled “Trump Stupidity File” on his computer. It’s next to his “Trump Lies”...
View ArticleSikhs in America: A History of Hate
The 1907 episode in a seaside timber town in Washington came to be known as the Bellingham Riots. Really, though, there were no riots. There was a pogrom. At the time, the U.S. was suffering through...
View ArticleThe Army Of Silicon Valley Activists Trying To Elect Democrats
In the wake of Trump’s election, signs of a grassroots activism in the tech industry have been everywhere: management-endorsed Googleplex protests; tech workers participating in their first political...
View ArticleWhere Is Barack Obama?
At a moment when many of his former voters believe that America is facing a genuine democratic crisis, former President Barack Obama has been largely silent about what is happening in American...
View ArticleHow Trump’s Election Shook Obama: ‘What If We Were Wrong?’
Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trump’s victory. “What if we were wrong?” he asked aides riding with...
View ArticleThe Battle For Crazytown
One of the more striking features of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign was the bipartisan opposition to Donald Trump from inside the foreign-policy establishment. Democrats opposed him for obvious...
View ArticleThe Only Responsible Choice Is A Democratic U.S. Congress
Since Donald Trump was sworn in as president in January 2017, he has put America’s democratic system under constant assault. The country has learned that, by itself, the Constitution is not enough to...
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Trump’s Republican Base Is Wary Of India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Donald Trump, the President of United States of America in Manila, Philippines on November 13, 2017. File photo/PIB The U.S. decision to remove India from...
View ArticlePresent At The Disruption
The term “disruption” is in and of itself neither a compliment nor a criticism. Disruption can be desirable and even necessary if the status quo is incompatible with one’s interests and there is an...
View ArticleBracing for Trump 2.0
His possible return inspires fear in America’s allies—and hope in its rivals. Read More Here
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