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Why Sarah Palin Knows More Than Trump
Mark Kauzlarich / ReutersGood thing he didn’t challenge her to a game of Jeopardy! ™ (Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters)After the latest GOP debate, I noted that Donald Trump was remarkable for his very...
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Trump Supporters Make Their Case
Joe Skipper / ReutersTrump at a rally on March 13. By the way, America is already great again. (Joe Skipper / Reuters)In these past few days I’ve argued that Donald Trump is an increasingly impressive...
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As Trump Moves Toward the Nomination
Aaron P. Bernstein / ReutersTeam Kasich celebrating their Ohio win, on an evening that moved the country closer to a Trump-Clinton general election. (Aaron Josefczyk / Reuters)As this evening’s results...
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America by Air: The Mid-Atlantic in the Snow
Riley RobertsI’m stepping in for Chris Bodenner, usual host in this space, because I was so delighted to hear the back story behind today’s reader photo. Riley Roberts sent it early this month:As a...
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The Trump Movement and the Left-Behinds (and Il Duce too)
The likely Republican nominee, after his victories last night (Joe Skipper / Reuters)Further on the Trump phenomenon, for good and bad.The left-behinds. A reader argues that Trump has given a voice to...
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Why Donald Trump May Actually Believe That What He’s Saying Is ‘True’
Joe Skipper / ReutersTrump Tweet from two years before his campaign kicked off.We may be past the point where it matters to wonder why Donald Trump does the things he does. Instead we can just note...
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Trump in World Perspective
Making Italia Great Again (Wikimedia)Readers weigh in about this next stage in American democracy. Previous entries are all collected on the page you’re reading now.Trump did save me a lot of money!...
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Today's Trump-Related Question: Why So Much Hillary Hatred?
Hillary Clinton in Florida after her victory there this week. (Carlos Barria / Reuters)In contrast to Donald Trump’s theme, I’ve been saying all along that America Is Already Great Again™. But his...
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America by Air: What a Former Flight Instructor Misses
Over Ohio, from 2500 feet (James Fallows)In response to a new pilot’s note about what he enjoyed in the aerial view, a reader who has worked as a flight instructor describes what he misses about that...
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‘What Do Some White Males Fear Even More Than a Black President?’
Twenty years ago: first lady Hillary Clinton with her book It Takes a Village. (Jeff Mitchell / Reuters)I am on the road without time to do any set-up (or, sigh, to finish several pending posts on...
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America By Air: Clear Skies on the West Coast
Heading south from Seattle, with Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and other volcanic peaks to the east. (Tom Fallows)It’s overcast today in Seattle, where my wife Deb and I have come for the annual...
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On Hillary Clinton as ‘Congenital Liar,’ and Other Strains of the Campaign
The late NYT columnist William Safire, in 1996. After he wrote a column saying that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton was a “congenital liar,” then-President Bill Clinton said that he would like to punch...
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Startups Creating Jobs in the United States, Around the World — and Now in Cuba
The Obamas in Havana today. If you keep reading, you’ll see the connection. (Carlos Barria / Reuters)Let’s get back to some positive news —actually, let’s connect the positive news I’m about to give,...
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Found Art: Havana and Paris
Carlos Barria / Reuters2016, Havana (Carlos Barria / Reuters)Above, the Obama family yesterday in Havana: umbrellas and shiny paving stones. Below, Gustave Caillebot’s famous Paris Street: Rainy Day,...
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What Makes Trump Tick? The International View
Until recently, the most famous Scottish-American could well have been Scrooge McDuck. Now there’s a new title holder. The millions of Americans who share this heritage, including me, reflect somberly...
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E.J. Dionne on Why the Right Went Wrong
E.J. Dionne’s new book, on the path toward Trump.The personal-insult war underway last night between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz brings the campaign down to a level hard to imagine even in the days of...
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As Trump Tightens His Grip on the Nomination, and Loosens It on Reality
As Donald Trump moves closer to the Republican nomination, his public presentation becomes increasingly deranged, as with this notorious item from last night (as discussed by Emma Green here):From...
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America by Air: Tiger Mountain Rainbow
Matty Senior, via Matthew AmendMatthew Amend of Seattle, with whom I have...
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The Sociology of the Modern American Urban Landscape, Cont'd
There are no leaves in sight, but you can never be too careful. (James Fallows)We’ve had a lot of development on the scientific, public-health, technology, and local-government front since the previous...
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