politics
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Jimmy Carter
This new year will be the first in a full century without a living Jimmy Carter in it. Of course, the first several years of his existence were not especially consequential to world history. He had to first be brought up, educated, and established into life before his actions could begin to matter more than Continue reading
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The secret to Democrats’ future political success does not lie in selling out transgender people
One of my more self-destructive behaviors is plugging myself in to a social media stream for part of a day and exposing myself to other people’s “takes.” These “takes” are what we call the bite-sized pronouncements of opinion in reaction to the news of the day, as posted by people hoping their particular phraseology will Continue reading
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Now that that has happened
There isn’t a whole lot more that I have to say about what happened on November 5th this year, except that I meant every word I said two weeks ago, and that while I remain loath to predict anything, I will predict that it won’t be a month after Inauguration Day before Donald Trump gives Continue reading
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What is at stake in this election
I’m not in the business of making political predictions anymore. That isn’t to say that I don’t have ideas about what will happen, just that I am too well aware of all the things that might happen. The only thing you stand to gain from making these kinds of predictions is a reputation as a Continue reading
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