R. Jay Magill, Jr. (2019)
The Memoir's Meaning
Blocking Bolton’s Book

Amid bad faith efforts to block Bolton’s memoir, the public interest is clear: It lies in protecting legitimate secrets—and revealing presidential malfeasance in a timely manner. Two landmark cases help us understand how courts wrestle with and resolve such matters.

Culture in America
The Meaning of the Super Bowl

In the age of drones, football is war between individual men.

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European Disunion
Three Colors and the Fracturing of Europe

Released at a time of enormous hope for the European project, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s classic film trilogy has much to tell us now that so many of those hopes are fading.

Georgian Dream Turns to Nightmare
State Capture in the Caucasus

The country of Georgia is at an unhappy crossroads, with its institutions increasingly under the thumb of a single man. The United States can and should apply more pressure.

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A Letter from the Editor
Beyond Parties of One

To renew democracy across the West, we need to restore voter ties to traditional parties. (A letter from the upcoming March/April 2020 print issue.)

Trump's America
The New, Rotten Normal

A new book convincingly argues that Trump has altered the institution of the presidency in irreversible ways.

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Green Economics
The Private Sector Acts on Climate Change

Between Greta Thunberg’s prophecies of doom and Donald Trump’s denial and inaction, the private sector is pioneering a sensible middle way on climate change.

TAI Conversations
Michael Lind on Reviving Democracy

To fix things, we must acknowledge the nature of the problem.

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Lowering the Bar
The Inquisitor

William Barr’s own conspiracy-fueled “investigation of the investigators” is alienating allies, enabling the Russians, and spreading fear and loathing through the intelligence community. What more could Trump ask for?

U.S. Department of State
Loyal to a Fault
Pompeo Should Go—and I Don’t Mean to Ukraine

Secretaries of State should be loyal to their Presidents, but Mike Pompeo has turned that virtue into a vice.

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