The Republican Party Has Devolved Into a Racket
The G.O.P. has lost a commitment to solving the nation’s problems and become purposeless.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/politics/republican-party-trump-racket.html?smid=em-share
Month: September 2023
What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate
In an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.
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NYTimes.com: Mitt Romney Has Given Us a Gift
Mitt Romney Has Given Us a Gift
You can’t negotiate with narcissism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/mitt-romney-senate-trump-mcconnell.html?smid=em-share
We all struggle to be the best version of ourselves we can be, and Romney’s struggle is now taking him into retirement and out of the Senate. On the way he gave us a gift, in the form of a series of conversations with The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins, who has written a book on him, excerpted in the magazine.
***** NYTimes.com: Superstar Cities in the Age of Zoom rj
Superstar Cities in the Age of Zoom
Will big metros lose their edge? Or will remote work make them stronger?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/opinion/cities-zoom-return-to-office.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes: A Trip to Ukraine Clarified the Stakes. And They’re Huge.
A Trip to Ukraine Clarified the Stakes. And They’re Huge. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/opinion/ukraine-war-putin.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes.com: Young People in China Can’t Find Work, and Xi Jinping Has Only One Response
Young People in China Can’t Find Work, and Xi Jinping Has Only One Response
Political repression can’t save the Chinese economy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/opinion/china-youth-unemployment-xi.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: Corruption Is an Existential Threat to Ukraine, and Ukrainians Know It
Corruption Is an Existential Threat to Ukraine, and Ukrainians Know It
The fight against it amounts to a second front in Ukraine’s existential war against Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/ukraine-war-corruption.html?smid=em-share
***** NYTimes.com: Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future? rj
Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future?
A country’s postwar success would be a rebuke to the idea that the free world is in terminal decline.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/opinion/power-ukraine-foreign-aid.html?smid=em-share
***** NYTimes.com: A Hidden Reason Cities Fall Apart rj
A Hidden Reason Cities Fall Apart
The loss of civic and corporate elites played a huge role in the erosion of urban life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/opinion/cities-elites-baltimore-pittsburgh.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: Michael Bloomberg: How Biden and Congress Should Fix the Immigration Crisis in Our Cities
Michael Bloomberg: How Biden and Congress Should Fix the Immigration Crisis in Our Cities
The collapse of an orderly asylum process has left New York City struggling.