“The very things that can make the center so appealing, however, are also its great weaknesses”
The very things that can make the center so appealing, however, are also its great weaknesses. As worried centrists have long noted, […]
Category: Politics in America
“There are really important arenas…where the comparisons between these two countries need to be interrogated, and where deep work has to take place in order to ensure that the two societies are not reinforcing each others’ weaknesses”
There are really important arenas – ideological trends like the rise of nationalism and shifts in how democracy is valued and understood, […]
“The Middle East has gone from an addiction to a distraction”
And too often we forget that the people in these countries are not just objects. They are subjects; they have agency. South […]
“Trump’s assault on the premises of democracy is not only unique in modern American history but unique in the annals of modern liberal democracy”
Trump’s assault on the premises of democracy is not only unique in modern American history but unique in the annals of modern […]
“‘Classified’ still conjures images of top-secret government plots, but, in Trump’s Washington, it’s more often used to describe information that the president would prefer to keep quiet”
Trump has been merciless toward anyone else in government who reveals his administration’s secrets, tweeting that ‘‘the real story that Congress, the […]
“Mr. Bush left many voters on the right angry, resentful and suspicious — of war, of policy, of ideology, of the very idea of political solutions and leadership”
There is always some space between a party’s voters and its leaders, some difference between what the average supporter wants and what […]
“For evangelicals, voting in the macro is the moral thing to do, even if the candidate is morally flawed”
Does Mr. Trump have moral failings? Yes. Critics will suggest a hypocrisy coming from evangelical leaders who are quick to denounce the […]
“Republican voters…were attracted to shallow political entertainers and obviously unqualified candidates long before Mr. Trump threw his hat in the ring”
For years before Mr. Trump was elected, Republicans lacked a consensus plan to replace Obamacare, and their tax reform plans were vague. […]
“The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues”
The chief executive sits at a long wooden table, putting his invited guests on the spot to defend their positions, occasionally needling […]
“This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial”
This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial. When a reporter asked the embattled Secretary of State Rex Tillerson […]
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