James Fallows
James Fallows, who began his career at the Washington Monthly, is the author of 12 books and writes the “Breaking the News” blog on Substack.
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The Most Important Founder You’ve Never Heard Of
James Wilson, later a Supreme Court justice, signed the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He presaged Lincoln by insisting the former owed much to the latter.
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Any Iran Deal Will Fail Without a Two-State Solution
There are no shortcuts around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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When America’s Culture Wars Were Fought in Art Galleries
Late 20th-century battles over artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano set the stage for the transgressive Age of Trump.
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Cruel Britannia: Why No Prime Minister Can Get Traction
Starmer out as prime minister is no fix in a country where voters keep denying victors electoral mandates.
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How Trump Screwed Rural Americans to Help Musk Become a Trillionaire
His corruption of Biden’s broadband program boosted SpaceX’s historic IPO.
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As Threat Level Reaches “Highest It’s Ever Been,” Trump Sidelines Key Counterterror Program
His refusal to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill risks leaving America vulnerable to terrorist attack.
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Stopping Trump’s Rolling Coup
An all-too-plausible scenario of how the GOP tried and failed to steal the midterms.
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