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Queen Elizabeth, Donald Trump and the right to rule by blood
“The monarchist new right.”
Make ‘Social Security for children’ permanent
What would the United States look like if we decided that children and their families had a right to abundance and liberty?
We’re forgetting 9/11. Maybe that’s not so terrible
The question is why?
The queen is dead. The legacy of her colonies isn’t
What should the monarchy continue?
The former guy has no claim to the current executive’s privilege
In a privilege fight between a sitting president and a former guy merely defending himself, the former guy should lose every time.
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David Brooks and the decay of white boomer politics
The stand-in for a fading political order is bewildered by politics, a sign of the GOP’s half-century dominance may be coming to an end.
It’s all thanks to you!
A treat for me, myself and I.
Why do the Republicans keep proving their ‘semi-fascism’?
They could just ignore Biden’s claim, but don’t.
What ‘The Bear’ tells us about the contradictions of work
The new Hulu series helps us see the struggles that make work difficult as well as the commitments that make it meaningful.