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There’s No One Worse Than Trump on Climate and War
THE STAGGERING responsibilities of the executive office do not appear to have aged President Donald Trump much. Unlike past presidents who have grown visibly wearier on…
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Can The Liberal World Order Survive Another Four Years of Trump? Probably not. Here’s why.
Donald Trump’s critics have often charged him with ignorance and a lack of a strategic approach to foreign policy. This is a profound misunderstanding of the…
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Does Donald Trump Want to Be Re-Elected?
The president’s inattention to the coronavirus doesn’t suggest someone desperate to win in November. It’s becoming more and more obvious that President Donald Trump has simply…
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Do party platforms matter for candidates?
In a political system featuring entrepreneurial politicians who work to fashion their own images, and in an era of weak parties, commentators commonly dismiss the significance…
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America Has No Plan for the Worst-Case Scenario on Covid-19
It’s possible that we'll never get a vaccine or a breakthrough treatment. What then? In the midst of the constant up-and-down of coronavirus news, both from…
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Who’s right on COVID-19? The optimists or the pessimists?
Ted Williams was one of the greatest hitters baseball has ever seen, and his theories of how to succeed at the plate are still influential. He…
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Who’s Right About the Economy—Jared Kushner or the Chairman of the Federal Reserve?
Jared Kushner was up early on Wednesday to offer his opinions about the coronavirus crisis to the hosts of “Fox & Friends,” his father-in-law’s favorite morning…
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Where Will Coronavirus Take the United States? Trends in US Politics
Like people in most places, Americans cherish the hope that, in times of danger, their leaders will put their differences aside and protect them. Right now…
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The Moral and Strategic Calculus of Voting for Joe Biden to Defeat Trump — or Not
DONALD TRUMP ran for president in 2016 on an often ad-libbed and reactionary campaign of hate, greed, xenophobia, misogyny, and racism. He clearly viewed the fact…
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Black Lives Matter Wants to End Police Brutality. History Suggests It Will Go Much Further
HUGE NUMBERS OF Americans have been brutalized physically, emotionally, or financially by the coronavirus pandemic. And as the number of diagnosed cases trends ominously up, we…
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We Need to Reverse the Damage Trump Has Done in Latin America. Biden’s Plans Don’t Cut It.
WITH BERNIE SANDERS’S exit from the presidential race, Joe Biden has become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. The almost-octogenarian old-guard white male has nearly 40 years…
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If Trump Declares Martial Law Due to Coronavirus, Can He Suspend the Election?
There is no dearth of examples suggesting that President Donald Trump lives in an alternate reality. But his belief that the coronavirus “came out of nowhere”…