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  • Another Impeachment Trial Aims to Banish Trump in 2024

    Another Impeachment Trial Aims to Banish Trump in 20240

    Talk about a case of sore winners. Over at The New York Times opinion page, Neal K. Katyal and Sam Koppelman argue that a recent audio recording of President Donald Trump talking to Georgia’s secretary of state and asking him to overturn the state’s presidential election results should serve as grounds for new impeachment proceedings

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  • The Enduring Face of the Fake Right

    The Enduring Face of the Fake Right0

    It is hard to understand the continued presence of Jonah Goldberg as a conservative icon. Goldberg has the right to criticize Trump, yet he has turned himself into a nonstop Trump-hating machine, who manages to condemn anyone who still defends the president as a lunatic or criminal. Nietzsche once said mischievously that a good war

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  • Ivory Towers Only Come in Blue

    Ivory Towers Only Come in Blue0

    While attempting a fruitless, year-end clearing of my inbox, I came upon an email sent out to the faculty at Bucknell University, where I am employed, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. The letter took a stark partisan stance on the election results, seeking signatories to a letter for the campus newspaper. Four

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  • Yes, We Have Bananas… in All Shapes and Sizes

    Yes, We Have Bananas… in All Shapes and Sizes0

    “Yes, we have no bananas” was a hit song from the 1920s. Here a Greek fruit vendor answers all questions with “yes,” even when the answer is negative. In today’s America, we have lots of bananas. First, of course, are the curved yellow fruits sold in bunches. You may be living in Alaska or Massachusetts,

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  • The Neighborhood Stands Between Us and Totalitarianism

    The Neighborhood Stands Between Us and Totalitarianism0

    The string of bonfires my neighbors hosted last fall were a departure from the norm in more ways than one. Anticipating the bleak prospect of a Minnesota winter with limited social gatherings, my neighbors decided to rally those around them for a time of encouragement. Neighbors who have waved at each other for years came

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  • Family Brawl in the House of Trump

    Family Brawl in the House of Trump1

    A week from today, Joe Biden will still be on his inexorable course to become the 46th president of the United States. Why, then, the hysteria that has suddenly gripped this city? The triggering event was the announcement by GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri. Despite Leader Mitch McConnell’s plea, Hawley said he intended to challenge

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  • Do Black Lives Matter in the White Elite’s Civil War?

    Do Black Lives Matter in the White Elite’s Civil War?0

    Sasha Johnson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, tweeted the last day of 2020 her highest hope as a black nationalist: “The white man will not be our equal but our slave. History is changing. No peace without justice.” I kept this statement in mind as I looked at USA Today and our look-alike local

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  • Who Speaks for the Unborn in Massachusetts?

    Who Speaks for the Unborn in Massachusetts?0

    In its most recent exercise of liberal democracy, the state senate of Massachusetts voted 32-8 to override Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of what is called the Roe Act. One day earlier, Monday, the state house had voted to override. The Roe Act is now law in the Bay State. And what does it say?     

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  • What the Editors are Reading: ‘Our Man: Richard Holbrooke’

    What the Editors are Reading: ‘Our Man: Richard Holbrooke’0

    Richard Holbrooke was the most shameless self-promoter in Washington D.C., a town that specialized in self-promotion, as George Packer writes in Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. He was a social climber par excellence, a sycophant who embarrassed Barack Obama with his flattery to such an extent that he was banned from the

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