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Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal
He began the war on impulse; now Trump is ending the truce impulsively. The winner: Iran.
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Trump and Teddy Roosevelt: Lost in the Badlands
The bizarre affinity of Trump for the great progressive president
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Benjamin Franklin, Champion of the Wealth Tax
When public needs were great, he wrote, its claim on the ‘superfluous’ property of the rich was strong and just.
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OMG—Socialism!
The misleading panic attack on the part of the right and the center in the face of the Democratic left’s recent electoral victories
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Trump’s Groundhog Day: Endless Cold War With Iran
We’ve entered into a period of prolonged stalemate, on terms favorable to Iran.
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The Court Equivocates on Whom to Deport
Birthright citizenship appears to be OK, but refugees from ‘shithole countries’ gotta go.
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Two Rulings That Are Impossible to Reconcile
If you believe that presidents get to fire executive branch appointees, there is no logical way for that to only be inapplicable for the Federal Reserve.