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Timothy Noah

Timothy Noah is a New Republic staff writer and author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.

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February 26, 2021
Timothy Noah
Meltdown at CPAC as Conservatives Struggle to Reconcile Property Rights With Mask Mandates
John Locke has officially been canceled.
February 19, 2021
Timothy Noah
The Rise and Fall of the L. Brent Bozells
How four generations of one American family are a synecdoche of the decline of the conservative movement.
February 9, 2021
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Don’t Believe the Bad Press About the Economic Impact of a $15 Minimum Wage
The media is giving the CBO’s analysis short shrift, but the news is great for the economy and the working class.
February 4, 2021
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Why Biden and Harris Are Right About “Equity”
Equality of opportunity is important, too, but it’s not enough to fix the vast economic disparities in America today.
January 21, 2021
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The End of the 40-Year War on Government
Biden’s election can be more than a repudiation of Trumpian misrule. It can reject Ronald Reagan’s cynicism, as well.
January 18, 2021
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I Went to High School With Biden’s Homeland Security Team
Washington’s new national security establishment is coming straight outta Beverly Hills.
January 8, 2021
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The Case Against the $2,000 Checks
Now that Democrats have won the Senate, there’s a better way to spend that money.
December 18, 2020
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Republicans for Recession
How can you tell that the GOP has accepted Biden is the duly elected president? They’re trying to destroy the economy.
December 9, 2020
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Will Democrats Get Suckered Into Mitch McConnell’s Corporate Indemnity Scheme?
Senate Republicans think they might get their colleagues across the aisle to cave on a liability shield. They may be right.
December 4, 2020
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Down With Slack
I hate the popular “frictionless” intraoffice communication app that Salesforce just bought, and so should you.
November 25, 2020
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America Is Run by Geezers
In an election between two septuagenarians, the elderly dominated turnout like never before—more than offsetting a surge in the youth vote.
November 13, 2020
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My Quest for a Job at the Trump White House
Our correspondent goes undercover to find out whether the defeated incumbent really is delusional enough to staff up for a second term.
October 29, 2020
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How the Stock Market Betrayed Donald Trump
The president foolishly rested his reelection hopes on economic indices that are even more irrational than he is.
October 22, 2020
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Lesley Stahl Blew Her Chance to Eviscerate Trump
The “60 Minutes” interview may have outraged the president, but in truth he got off easy.
October 17, 2020
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The Media’s Both-Sides Brigade Is Wrong About a Covid-19 Stimulus Deal
Saving unemployment benefits isn’t worth it if we have to sell out frontline workers.
October 7, 2020
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Our President Is Literally Toxic
Will political rhetoric ever recover from Donald Trump’s habit of rendering plain all of the metaphors used to describe him?
October 2, 2020
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Trump’s “Greatest Recovery in History” Is Wheezing Out
The president’s magical economic thinking is no match for the stark realities of the pandemic he never attempted to address.
September 22, 2020
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Why We Can’t Ignore McConnell’s Hypocrisy
Its obviousness shows Republicans no longer even try to persuade.
September 16, 2020
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The Good Life That Keynes Promised America Got Stolen
A new study shows in electrifying terms the extent to which 45 years of income inequality destroyed the prosperity we should all be enjoying.
September 11, 2020
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Trump’s OSHA Is Fining Companies Pennies for Pandemic Violations
America’s workplace watchdog has been largely AWOL during the most significant public health crisis in our lifetime.

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