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It’s Official: the Press Failed Hillary Clinton and America in 2016
New State Department report implicitly indicts media behavior.
A special local event
Hi all, I’m writing to invite you to a special local event I’m co-hosting called Politics in Plain English. I know, right? Bennett Lovett-Graff and I devised a civics program in which we bring thinkers and writers to New Haven to talk about all the important issues of the day for the betterment of the…
Hillary goes there
This won’t surprise you but I’ve come to admire Hillary Clinton. I didn’t when I voted for her in 2016. I mean, I respected her. I liked her. I really wanted her to win. But admiration is another thing. Since her defeat, Clinton has slowly emerged as the best thinker about the Trump presidency. She…
Weak-Kneed and Getting Weaker
Are the Republicans preparing to run for the exits?
Calling Out Trump’s Lies Isn’t Enough
The press corps must raise awareness of what’s happening.
Warren Isn’t the Candidate of the 1%
And neither is the GOP a workers party.
Trump Is the ‘Greed Is Good’ President
Naturally, he’s an apex fraud.
No, Trump Isn’t Losing Evangelicals
If Middle East Christians must die, so be it.
Help Me Bust Myths & Get 20% Off
I’m not an engineer or scientist or anything requiring technical know-how. But I feel a kindred spirit with Adam Savage. He’s the former co-host of Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters.” He’s also an enthusiastic financial supporter of the Editorial Board. Just as Adam and Jamie Hyneman debunked urban legends in the name of science and entertainment (a…
You Gotta See This
The best point I’ve seen about Trump and the whistleblower