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2016
An American in Berlin

The Clinton-Trump battle puts an American expat in the hot seat, and has him dreaming of how the United States could be more like Europe.

2016
In Leaked Talking Points, Clinton Vowed No Reform for Big Blue

A disappointing display of conventional blue thinking from the presidential frontrunner.

2016
Elements of Conspiracy

What the Republican Party could and should have known about Donald Trump.

2016
Trump’s Brinksmanship Shows Importance of Electoral College

America’s peculiar system for choosing presidents may help avoid post-election chaos.

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2016
The (Bad) Ideas Election

Hillary’s answer to American discontent is a familiar litany of left-liberalism, while conservative scholars outline a post-Trump intellectual revival.

2016
Donald Trump Is Not Benjamin Disraeli

Disraeli sought to bring Britain into the future; Trump seeks to restore a golden past.

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2016
Shooting Missives in the Air

They’ll come to Earth we know not where.

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2016
Big Daddy Trump

Fatherhood is central to his campaign, but it’s not the selling point people think.

2016
A Tale of Two Insurgencies

Trump triumphed, Sanders didn’t—but Bernie might have the last laugh.

2016
The Secret of Success

How to succeed in politics and everything else.

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