The Challenge of Interviewing Kamala Harris
Jess Bidgood in the NY Times Newsletter: Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, will sit down with Dana Bash of CNN tomorrow at
Is Pro-Natalism Weird?
From the Wisdom of Crowds: The new Democratic strategy is to refer to Trump’s GOP as “weird.” Because pro-natalism is becoming an increasingly hot topic, one that’s usually associated with
The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady
by Heath Hardage Lee at Air Mail: Mrs. Nixon’s considerable, if quiet, contributions as First Lady were never fully valued in Nixon’s own White House. Chief of staff H. R.
Has Netanyahu Finally Lost America?
Joshua Keating in Vox: From a purely visual standpoint, Netanyahu may have gotten what he wanted today: rapturous standing ovations, even if mainly from Republicans. But more than 70 percent of
Negotiations Between Israelis and Palestinians Must No Longer be the Province of Men
Anne-Marie Slaughter and Xanthe Scharff at Project Syndicate: On July 19, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that negotiations on an agreement to release hostages held in Gaza and establish
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TGIF: The Week Unburdened by the Week That Has Been
By Suzy Weiss at The Free Press: Biden dropped out: Six years ago emotionally, but technically this past Sunday, Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. He did it
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Civility Won’t Save Us
Dante Stewart in Time Magazine: America currently finds itself in a storm. A dreadful, at times unbelievable storm. A storm so dire and visceral that it seems to be the stuff of
The Kamala Gamble
Michael Baharaeen at The Liberal Patriot: Joe Biden rocked American politics over the weekend with the news that he will be the first incumbent president since Lyndon Johnson in 1968
Martin Luther King and Philosophical Personalism
by Bennett Gilbert at Aeon: On 25 March 1965, the planes out of Montgomery, Alabama were delayed. Thousands waited in the terminal, exhausted and impassioned by the march they had
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Economics for the Age of TikTok
Rachel Dec in LA Review of Books: IN 2022, AS THE labor market thrived, a noticeable gap emerged between traditional economic indicators (which seemed good) and the lived experiences of
One Memorable Speech Can Turn Around a Faltering Campaign − How Nixon Did it With His ‘Checkers’ Talk
W. Joseph Campbell at The Conversation: Twenty years before Watergate, then-Sen. Richard Nixon’s national political ambitions were in peril. He was accused of dipping into a private, $18,000 slush fund
Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’?
From The Free Press: A few weeks ago, fresh from being knighted by King Charles, historian Sir Niall Ferguson officially joined The Free Press as a columnist. His first piece