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Author: Paul Campos

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The birth of a nation

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On February 25, 2026
This is the end of Donald Trump's interminable SOTU address to Congress, the nation, and the world: Thomas Jefferson drew his last breath. Just a single long human lifespan separates the giants who declared and won our independence from the heroes who stand among us...
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After I made some fun of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for putting his two twentysomething sons in charge of financial behemoth Cantor Fitzgerald, Andrew Gelman and Mark Palko reminded me that they have been waging a lonely fight against the whole theoretical concept of "meritocracy"...

Half measures

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On February 22, 2026

Ian Buruma, who is writing a book about Berlin during WWII, points out that people have a nearly unlimited capacity to normalize what would previously have been considered intolerable: In.

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Incompetence and malevolence make for a classic fascistic combination. This story from the Guardian needs to be read in full to be truly appreciated. The dream holiday ended abruptly on Friday 26 September, as Karen and Bill were trying to leave the US. When they...
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