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William Jennings Bryan
July 18, 2024
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump’s Got a Bad New Presidential Inspiration
He’s joined the Republican cult of William McKinley and has been given all the wrong conclusions.
June 21, 2021
Chris Lehmann
What Made Gilded Age Politics So Acrimonious?
Fearful of increasing participation, elites of the era attempted to rein in democracy.
May 7, 2021
Bruce Bartlett
It Took the Democrats Half a Century to Rediscover Trickle-Up Economics
While Republicans cling to trickle-down delusions, Biden is reviving a philosophy of growth that the party hasn’t embraced since LBJ.
March 9, 2017
MagazineKevin Baker
It’s Time for a Bluexit
A declaration of independence from Trump's America.
September 12, 2016
Harrison Stetler
How the 2016 Election Killed the Golden Calf of Economic Growth
Thanks to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, the metric for determining economic health has changed.
February 22, 2016
Bryan Williams
Why Baby Boomers Don’t Get Bernie Sanders
Hillary speaks to them. He speaks to everyone else.
November 21, 2011
Matthew Bowman
Mormonism’s Surprisingly Deep Affinity For Progressive Politics
June 16, 2011
Bradford Plumer
Rick Santorum: A Brief History of the ‘Some of My Best Friends’ Defense
June 29, 2010
Jeffrey Rosen
Why Brandeis Matters
May 5, 2010
Eric A. Posner
The Limits of Limits
April 30, 2010
Alan Wolfe
Jeremiah, American-Style
April 8, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Neo-Confederate History Month
November 30, 2009
Ed Kilgore
Palin and McCarthy
November 30, 2009
Damon Linker
Against Common Sense
September 4, 2008
The New Republic Staff
How Sarah Palin Is Like Ross Perot (and William Jennings Bryan)
January 31, 2008
Barron YoungSmith
Mccain's Terrible Historical Amnesia
October 9, 2006
Ross Douthat, Damon Linker
American Catholicism
May 23, 2005
Alan Wolfe
What God Owes Jefferson
November 30, 1998
John B. Judis
Historical Error
December 9, 1996
Jeffrey Rosen
The Bloods and the Crits

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