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Trump is the ultimate Reaganite

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On December 15, 2020
The new Showtime documentary on the Reagans is excellent, and makes an excellent postscript to the conclusion of Perlstein's conservatism quartet. Throughout both, the comparisons between Reagan and Trump are too obvious to require further elaboration. Krugman summarizes: For example, in 1980 life expectancy in...

Jumping the queue

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On December 13, 2020

President Donald Trump shakes hands with supporters upon arrival at the Orlando Sanford International Airport, Monday, March 9, 2020 in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) White House personnel will be.

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A vivid reminder that Republican efforts to steal/delegitimize the election are an expression of white supremacy: Thousands of maskless rallygoers who refuse to accept the results of the election turned downtown Washington into a falsehood-filled spectacle Saturday, two days before the electoral college will make...

Unpromising

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On December 12, 2020

You may remember Joseph Epstein from such essays as "presidents were selected purely on merit until 2008, but now Hillary Clinton will win solely because of her gender" and "I.

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