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October 28, 2019
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State Under Siege
The American right's unyielding ardor for federal power
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Divided We Fall
The Founders knew that economic inequality would destroy America's democracy. So why can't the Constitution save us?
August 4, 2014
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Did Mitch McConnell Hit Rand Paul With the Nerdiest Attack in Political History?
October 14, 2013
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How That Confederate Flag at the White House Got There
The intellectual romance of the new right and the old south
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The Mirage
The long and tragical history of post-partisanship, from Washington to Obama.
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The Mental State
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States of Anarchy
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