Search Results: no one is above the law

Anti-vaxxers are covering up their bad choices with ‘freedom of choice.’ Don’t let them

By John Stoehr / August 10, 2021 /

They discredit themselves when they cite “reasons” for refusing to get vaccinated. Yet we keep on trusting them. That’s dangerous.

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Here’s what I hope liberals like Michelle Goldberg understand about the American authoritarian mind

By John Stoehr / July 21, 2021 /

Loneliness is the beginning, not the end.

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The will of the American people is becoming less important than the will of a Republican high court

By John Stoehr / July 1, 2021 /

In its latest ruling, SCOTUS internalizes Donald Trump’s Big Lie.

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Reasons for hard political hope

By John Stoehr / June 14, 2021 /

A lesson from Ralph Ellison

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Though they lost the fight over the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists saw its most dangerous defects

By Christopher Jon Sprigman / May 10, 2021 /

Time for a respectful reassessment, writes Christopher Jon Sprigman

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The very rich are overruling democratic progress. That should renew the old American contempt

By John Stoehr / May 5, 2021 /

Americans used to reject the idea of nobility. We haven’t for a long time.

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George Floyd’s Black body was on trial

By Magdi Semrau / April 23, 2021 /

Magdi Semrau explains the racist history behind Derek Chauvin’s defense.

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Don’t dismiss McConnell’s ‘warning’ to corporations

By John Stoehr / April 6, 2021 /

It reflects larger, historical forces at work.

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Chuck Todd and the anti-moral press

By John Stoehr / March 22, 2021 /

NBC host will be where the action is even if he must invent it.

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Chauvin’s attorney is back on his bullshit

By Lindsay Beyerstein / March 19, 2021 /

A version of the fraudulent “excited delirium” play, writes Lindsay Beyerstein

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