Opinion | The Trump News Show Is Over and We’re All Healthier For It
The causes of the “big media crash” are obvious. Last year was a campaign year that kept increasing news consumption. It was also the final … Read more
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Opinion | How Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination Derailed American Politics
To understand this response, the best place to start is on June 4, 1968, when California hosted a bare knuckle presidential primary that Bobby knew … Read more
Opinion | The Dangerous Legal Illusion of ‘Parental Rights’
When it comes to the societal interest in protecting children, the legal precedent is clear: the rights of parents come second. parents to do have … Read more
Opinion | Don’t Be So Sure a Supreme Court Backlash Will Boost Democrats
This idea is plausible. The consensus narrative goes something like this: After Roe versus Wade Decided in 1973, it sparked passionate opposition in the pro-life … Read more
Opinion | No, Afghanistan Is Not the End of American Power
What does it say we couldn’t achieve this? “America’s Great Retreat,” Robin Wright writes in the New Yorker, “is at least as humiliating as the … Read more
Opinion | McCarthy’s Threat to Telecoms Warrants Immediate Ethics Committee Inquiry
McCarthy’s testimony could also violate federal criminal law. For example, 18 U.S.C. Section 1505 provides that anyone who “hinders the proper and orderly exercise of … Read more
Opinion | The Hidden Message In Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Speech
We have “spent $ 300 million a day for 20 years,” he said. “What have we lost in terms of chances as a result?” And … Read more
Opinion | The Emptiness of Democrats’ Big Deal
A measure of respect must be shown to the deal as it keeps the possibility of victory alive on President Joe Biden’s agenda. But what … Read more
Opinion | Will Afghanistan Take Biden Down? Not Likely.
For one, it is voters rarely blame a president for a foreign policy decision. More than a truism, the economy drives elections: long-cherished knowledge in … Read more
Opinion | MLK Warned Us About Moderates. Are We Listening?
Much has been written about why the filibuster should be terminated, or at least modified, either to “remove” voting rights or to create a speaking … Read more
