Mitt Romney figured this out two decades ago. Now we just need him to remember.
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What Next for Scotland?
A conversation with a top official of the Scottish National Party on Brexit, the pandemic, and independence.
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The Death of the Republican Establishment
With Senator Rob Portman’s retirement, the more genteel, northern wing of the GOP keeps shrinking.
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Don’t Despair the Survival of the Filibuster
Ezra Klein and others shouldn’t panic. There’s a way to make this work.
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Look Who Else Doesn’t Like Vote by Mail
Amazon is trying to block its workers from casting mail-in ballots for an upcoming union election.
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Madam Secretary
Just confirmed, Janet Yellen is the first woman to lead the Treasury Department and the department’s best-prepared Secretary ever. Her rollout has been very good but not all of her views are known.
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The Lessons of the Alcee Hastings Impeachment
From deciding who presides to determining punishment, the Florida congressman’s case from the 1980s is instructive as the second Trump impeachment trial approaches.
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Denis McDonough’s Last Chance to Fix the Department of Veterans Affairs
The slow march to the privatization of veterans’ care began on McDonough’s watch. As Biden’s VA Secretary, can he turn back the clock?
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Trump’s 1776 Commission: A Fable from the Future
It’s the worst, most bonkers history lesson no one asked for: The former president’s pushback on The 1619 Project. A legal scholar’s imaginative look back.
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Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked
Yes, it’s more polarized now with more nutjobs in office. But the example of Reagan and O’Neill getting things done still offers lessons for today. Here’s how.
