September 2018
Constituting truth
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On truth harnessed for political utility.
Topic: “Donald Trump”
June 2018
Trump’s art of the possible
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February 2018
Methods of madness
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On the media and the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
January 2018
Populists in power
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On the election of Donald Trump and the first year of his presidency.
September 2017
Decency for deplorables
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On the media’s attack on decency and the decline of civilized discourse.
June 2017
A “narrative” outworn
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On the media’s self-serving presuppositions of scandal.
May 2017
Populism, IX: Avenue to renovation
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On the American party system, and our current disruptive moment.
May 2017
Sinners in the hands of an angry buddha
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On Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Autumn by Ali Smith, Universal Harvester by John Darnielle, Ill Will by Dan Chaon, & I'd Die For You by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
April 2017
Populism, VIII: The unlikeliest populist
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On Donald Trump and the mantle of a growing movement.
April 2017
Of leaks, links & lies
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On the question of objectivity in recent coverage of the Trump administration.