In spite of everything that is wrong with the American presidential process, there is one thing that it does uniquely well, and that is probably a good thing for the country: It entertains us.
Senator Bernie Sanders needs to address the most fundamentally divisive vocabulary of all, namely the twin dualities of “left vs. right” and “liberal vs. conservative.”
To survive the transition to the web, journalism needs to do more than develop better business models: It needs to get much smarter about what it is doing and why.
You wouldn’t know from most of the commentary on Trump’s campaign of “white resentment” that, if he dropped out of the race today, 38 percent of his supporters would flock to either black or Hispanic candidates.
A Biden run would be informative—not only because it would boost the level of competition in a shallow Democratic field, but because it would help clarify whether the Democratic Party can appeal to a slightly broader constituency, or whether the Obama coalition is here to stay.
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