A magisterial new biography fails to crack the mystery of America’s greatest general.
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Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
The Revolution Will Be Analyzed
America changed in 1969, but our history isn’t quite complete.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
Pluribus et Unum
The history of American politics as a tug-of-war between our individualist and collectivist identities.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Bill Clinton Killed the Myth of the Welfare Queen
It’s his most overlooked welfare reform victory.
Posted inPolitics
Threading the Needle: A Shiny Conspiracy Theory
Are Republican leaders actively trying to keep Trump from winning?
Posted inPolitical Animal
John Lewis Reminds Us What It Means to Engage in Civil Disobedience
John Lewis has a reminder.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What We Should Be Talking About on the Anniversary of 9/11
President Obama’s handling of the “global war on terror” may be his most mixed legacy.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Which Republicans Have the Courage to Stand Up to Trump?
Edward R. Murrow, Ralph Flanders, and Joseph Nye Welch all called out Joe McCarthy more than 50 years ago. Will any in the GOP do the same this year?
Posted inPolitical Animal
On Bill Kristol’s Critique of Cartoonism
Republican presidential candidates almost always use some kind of put-on
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2016
1968 Versus 2016
Despite the many similarities, this year isn’t 1968. Because Hillary understands what Johnson never did: that he had to be (mostly) at one with his party’s base.
