No, progressives, the former president wasn’t some neoliberal corporatist helping the rich. Clinton delivered the strongest economy of the past half century and helped working families.
George W. Bush
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Conservatives Killed the Supreme Court Nomination of Harriet Miers, Dooming Roe v. Wade
In 2005, the right stopped George W. Bush’s pick for the Court. Would it have been very different if she had made it?
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George P. Bush and His Run for Texas Attorney General
Jeb’s son faces an uphill battle in this month’s Republican primary. Is this the end of the Bush dynasty?
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In the Judiciary Wars, Republicans Like Lindsey Graham Play Dirtier Than Democrats
The South Carolina senator whined about Democratic tactics all through Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearings. Oh, please.
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Michael McFaul: “Ukraine is Putin’s Afghanistan”
The former U.S. ambassador to Russia is all over the media, and that’s welcome. McFaul knows what makes Vladimir Putin tick.
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No, Mitt Romney Was Not Right About Russia
Every Democrat’s favorite Republican is getting praised anew for his 2012 comments about Putin, but a closer look shows that a President Romney couldn’t have saved Ukraine from Moscow’s onslaught.
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The Permanent Scars of 9/11
Twenty years later, we are still carrying profound traumas—some of which were inflicted by our attackers, some of which we inflicted on ourselves.
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How Jimmy Carter Started America’s Afghanistan Folly
Some forgotten history goes a long way toward explaining our longest war.
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How to Really Say Thank You: A Proposal
As a society, we don’t say thank you often enough. So why not credits on a building for everyone who built it and big signage to let you know who gave you that COVID test?
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How Trump Killed Political Blogging
Now that the mainstream media doesn’t shy from challenging false statements, there just isn’t that much difference between blogging and what we read in the newspapers.
