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John Adams
December 22, 2017
Omer Aziz
My President Was an Islamophobe
The first year of the Donald Trump era was nothing less than a catastrophe for Muslims.
July 17, 2017
MagazineWin McCormack
Created Equal
How the divide between rich and poor has undermined the Constitution.
March 2, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why the Political Press Rushed to Praise Trump as “Presidential”
February 28, 2017
MagazineJesse Walker
All the President’s Phantoms
Trump isn’t the first conspiracy theorist in chief—just the most shameless.
March 25, 2016
Joshua Kendall
Have We Ever Had a President Like Donald Trump?
Yes, we have—but you have to go back to the nineteenth century.
October 20, 2013
Darrin M. McMahon
How the French Revolution Gave Us the Cult of Genius
July 31, 2013
Hana N. Rouse
The 7 Best and 6 Worst Depictions of Politicians in Film and TV
December 7, 2012
Gordon S. Wood
The Birth of American Finance
April 13, 2012
Einer Elhauge
If Health Insurance Mandates Are Unconstitutional, Why Did the Founding Fathers Back Them?
March 15, 2012
Gordon S. Wood
The Dream of Law
January 21, 2012
David Hajdu
Who Are the Real Authors of ‘Porgy and Bess’?
October 26, 2011
Sean Wilentz
The Mirage
The long and tragical history of post-partisanship, from Washington to Obama.
September 14, 2011
Peter Orszag
Too Much of a Good Thing
August 8, 2011
Jonathan Chait
The Millenialist Temptation
July 4, 2011
Gordon S. Wood
How the Complete Meaning of July Fourth Is Slipping Away
John Adams would not be happy to see what Independence Day has become.
June 17, 2011
John B. Judis
Weenie Democrats: Shame on the Party for Abandoning Anthony Weiner
January 13, 2011
Alan Taylor
The Paragon
March 30, 2010
Jonathan Chait
How Obama Ruined Passover
March 30, 2010
Sean Wilentz
States of Anarchy
October 23, 2009
Christopher Orr
The Movie Review: 'The Damned United'

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