Trump tried and failed to kill Obamacare. Biden expanded it. Trump’s response to the pandemic was (mostly) shambolic and disastrous. Biden’s was (mostly) orderly and successful.
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Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done for Veterans?
Trump mocked veterans and privatized their health care. Biden honors them but hasn’t challenged Trump’s privatization policies.
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How Trump Survived January 6
After the insurrection, everyone was disavowing him. But thanks to his old buddy Steve Bannon and a coterie of strategists, Donald Trump regained dominance over the Republican Party.
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Disordering Our National Myths
The Founders, the Pioneers, the Movement, the Lost Cause—the more driving myths one identifies, the more our true national character is obscured.
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The Exploitative Origins of Amazon
Since the very beginning, the internet giant has grown by stealing ideas, squelching competition, and cheating on its taxes.
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The Art of the “Get”
Barbara Walters hawked dog food, hid in bathrooms, and flirted with Castro to get what she wanted. And because of her, newswomen today have far better options.
Posted inBooks
The Doomscroll Generation
Social media and smartphones have tipped an entire generation into anxiety and depression. Is there anything to be done?
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The Truth About Lies
Campaign disinformation is ubiquitous and hard to fight. But it mostly feeds the fever swamps and seldom changes election results.
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One Hundred Years of Dictator Worship
For the past century, the American right has fawned over foreign autocrats, from Kaiser Wilhelm to Vladimir Putin.
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How Fighting Monopoly Can Save Journalism
The collapse of the news industry is not an inevitable consequence of technology or market forces. It’s the result of policy mistakes over the past 40 years that the Biden administration is already taking measures to fix.
