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More on Trump, Knowledge, and Self-Knowledge (Starring Mickey Mantle and Ted...
After this piece, on the “open secret” about Donald Trump (and the Congressional Republicans) that Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury revealed, and then this one, on the way people the world views as “like,...
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Have They No Sense of Decency?
“Have you no sense of decency?” It’s the question that the members of the Republican majority in the Congress—51 senators, 239 representatives—might bear in mind, in the “shithole” era.If only two of...
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Making Sense of Trump's State of the Union Address
The Pre-gameBefore most State of the Union addresses, including those of the past decade-plus I’ve written about here, there’s a standard suite of pre-game questions. The two usual biggest ones...
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A Note on ‘Notes’
This past week TheAtlantic announced a sensible new policy for engaging readers in our ongoing conversations. The news is explained here, and it amounts to a shift away from an open Comments section,...
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Calling the Trump Era by Its Proper Name
Donald Trump’s first official State of the Union address—which seems as if it happened back in the 19th century, but in reality is five days in the past—highlighted something that was implicit in his...
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On the Proper Name for the Trump Era: ‘Democracide’, ‘Ochlocracy’, or...
Yesterday I posted an item about the challenge of calling the Trump era by its proper name—and explaining why the Dutch writer Rob Riemen, in his new book To Fight Against This Age, argues that it’s...
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Pale’ocracy and Other Names for This Era
Following this article, and this reader-response note, more responses on the most accurate way to name the political challenge of these times.Pale’ocracy. A reader recommends this term, “because of its...
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The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre
The financial and political power of the National Rifle Association leaves many politicians terrified of crossing it. And because of its ideological and propaganda power, a segment of Americans now...
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'Show Us the Carnage'
After a previous horrific massacre via AR-15, the one in Las Vegas last winter in which a single murderer killed or injured more than 900 people, readers wrote about that weapon and its history. For...
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Only in America
What does the dissenting mail look like, when I publish an item like this one, arguing that Mitch McConnell illustrates the pious hypocrisy of those who are “deeply saddened” by gun massacres but...
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‘Show Us the Carnage,’ Continued
For recent items about gun massacres, and the public response, please see (starting with most recent):“Only in America”“Show Us the Carnage”“The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre” and before...
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A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms
For recent items about gun massacres, and the public response, please see (starting with most recent):“Show Us the Carnage, Continued”“Only in America”“Show Us the Carnage”“The Empty Rituals of an...
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A Cryptic Addition to a Long-Standing Murder Mystery
Back in the fall of 2001, exactly one month after the 9/11 attacks, a lawyer in Seattle named Tom Wales was murdered as he worked alone at his home computer at night. Someone walked into the yard of...
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The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society
Previously in this series:“A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms”“‘Show Us the Carnage,’ Continued”“Only in America”“Show Us the Carnage”“The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre” and before...
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A Case Against Gun Control
Previously in this series:“The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society”“A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms”“Show Us the Carnage, Continued”“Only in America”“Show Us the Carnage”“The Empty...
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Chronicles of Civic Engagement: The Leafblower Battle in D.C.
Back in the fall of 2015, in the midst of travels around the country in which my wife, Deb, and I saw countless examples of citizens taking responsibility for changing their own communities, I...
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'White Male Privilege' and Other Themes of Gun Culture
Previously in this series:“A Case Against Gun Control”“The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society”“A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms”“‘Show Us the Carnage,’ Continued”“Only in...
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A Gun-Holdup Victim on Whether He Wishes He Had Been Armed
Previously in this series:“White Male Privilege”“A Case Against Gun Control”“The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society”“A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms”“‘Show Us the Carnage,’...
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Tanks vs. AK-47s, and Other Aspects of the Gun Debate
Previously in this series:“A Gun Holdup Victim on Whether He Wishes He Had Been Armed”“White Male Privilege”“A Case Against Gun Control”“The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society”“A Veteran on the...
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On the Language and Culture of Discussing What to Do About Guns
Previously in this series:“Tanks vs. AK-47s”“A Gun Holdup Victim on Whether He Wishes He Had Been Armed”“White Male Privilege”“A Case Against Gun Control”“The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre...
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