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The Very American Roots of Trumpism

admin25 April 2025

The Very American Roots of Trumpism The historian Steven Hahn puts Trumpism in the context of America’s long history of illiberalism.Listen · 1 hr 13 minThis is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the ...

After Pope Francis: A Round Table With David French

admin25 April 2025

Three religious thinkers on the state of Catholicism.

Cuomo’s Campaign Strategy: Limit Appearances and Avoid Confrontation

admin24 April 2025

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is embracing a so-called Rose Garden strategy in his tightly controlled campaign for mayor of New York City.

Weinstein’s Retrial to Begin, Testing Legacy of #MeToo Movement

admin24 April 2025

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are expected to make opening statements Wednesday in the sex-crime case of the fallen mogul Harvey Weinstein.

What Happens to Abandoned Boats in New York?

admin24 April 2025

A Parks Department official scours the shoreline looking for vessels that owners left behind. There are hundreds of them.

Gov. Josh Shapiro: Finding Moral Clarity After an Arsonist’s Attack

admin24 April 2025

I woke up to yelling in the hallway. A few seconds later, there was a bang on the door. It was just after 2 a.m., and a state trooper in the hallway of our private living quarters at the governor’s residence said there was a fire in the building. We ...

Mexico Is Becoming a Beacon

admin24 April 2025

This essay is part of The Great Migration, a series by Lydia Polgreen exploring how people are moving around the world today. We know one type of migration well. It’s millions of people from poorer countries traveling mostly to wealthy countries ...

Trump Wants You to Think Resistance Is Futile. It Is Not.

admin24 April 2025

The American constitutional system is built on the theory that the self-interest of lawmakers can be as much of a defense against tyranny as any given law or institution. As James Madison wrote in Federalist 51, “The provision for defense must in ...

What Happened to the Francis Revolution?

admin24 April 2025

How will history judge Pope Francis’ legacy? It seems reasonable to predict that for many progressive Catholics and others who hoped he would prove to be a revolutionary, his papacy will be remembered as a disappointment. Although Francis ...

The Face-Plant President

admin24 April 2025

Harold Macmillan, the midcentury British prime minister, supposedly said that what statesmen feared most were “events, dear boy, events.” Misfortunes happen: a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, a foreign crisis. Political leaders are judged by ...