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A Short History of Democrats and Antitrust

by Bill Scher July 19, 2021January 9, 2022

Biden’s war against corporate gigantism is good policy and better politics.

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Why Concession Speeches Matter

by Chris Matthews June 24, 2021January 9, 2022

Trump’s refusal to admit electoral defeat is even more poisonous than you think.

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A Great Speech

by Chris Matthews January 20, 2021January 9, 2022

The veteran presidential speechwriter, author, and broadcaster says Joe Biden’s inaugural address met the moment. Here’s how.

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What’s Wrong With One-Term Presidents?

by Timothy Noah November 9, 2020January 9, 2022

Leave aside Donald Trump. For swaths of American history presidents being reelected was unusual. Maybe that’s not so bad.

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We Have Met the Climate Enemy, and He Is Us

by D.R. Tucker August 6, 2018January 9, 2022

It’s about time we grapple with the ultimate inconvenient truth.

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The Great American Mistake

by D.R. Tucker July 28, 2018January 9, 2022

The 62 million Americans who went with Donald Trump on November 8, 2016 know they made a mistake.

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JFK and the Paradox of Leadership

by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend April 8, 2018January 9, 2022

The president’s “wilderness tour” showed that even the greatest politicians can only bring the country forward when the public is willing to be led.

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The Hayes Code

by D.R. Tucker March 24, 2018January 9, 2022

When we look back on the Trump administration—and if the Kennedy administration was Camelot, what we’re suffering under now is most definitely Scamalot—we’ll give a round of applause to those journalists and media figures who disputed the disinformation and challenged the covfefe. However, some of these Fourth Estate figures deserve their props now—especially when they’ve […]

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Mainstream Media, Stop the Free Publicity for Killers

by D.R. Tucker February 17, 2018January 9, 2022

You know, we really don’t need to know his name. It is long past time for American print, broadcast and cable entities to agree to implement a firm policy of not naming the perpetrators of mass murder similar to the modern-era St. Valentine’s Day massacre in Parkland, Florida. Giving free publicly to these natural-born killers […]