2016
The Secret of Success

How to succeed in politics and everything else.

2016
Moscow Prefers Republicans

But when it comes to this year’s election, Hillary Clinton may be the more authentically “Republican” candidate—even in the Kremlin’s eyes.

2016
Postscript to “Is Donald Trump a Fascist?”

Trump understands what the classic demagogues of the 20th century understood: namely, that in a democracy it is possible to gain millions of votes by appealing to the worst in people.

2016
Listening to Trump Voters

The commentariat spends a lot of time talking about Donald Trump—time that might be better spent listening to the people who are voting for him.

2016
Clinton Talks Up Vocational Education

The Democratic nominee deserves credit for challenging the typical Boomer-progressive consensus on this issue.

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2016
Trump’s Know-Nothing Foreign Policy

Who needs expertise, when you have the “art of the deal”?

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2016
The Ballad of Barack and Hillary

She was from Mars. He was from Venus.

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2016
Putin Is a Distraction

It’s easy to blame a revisionist Russia for the teetering of the liberal democratic order. It’s harder to repair our institutions so that they can resist it.

2016
The Irony of Philadelphia

Despite historic left-wing agitation during the Obama years, the 2016 Democratic ticket is more moderate than the last one.

2016
Russia and the (Scoop) Jackson Democrats

Could it be that Putin’s threat to liberty and decency is bringing Americans together?

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