Author: Jim

Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails

Anne Applebaum on how to think about autocracy and authoritarianism in a second Trump term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-anne-applebaum.html?smid=em-share

Why Study History?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1988/11/why-study-history/670027/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYf0J9VbNnNKY0A8FOMaGelw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Donald Trump Is Already Starting to Fail

The president-elect is planting the seeds of his own political demise.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/opinion/trump-kennedy-gaetz-hegseth.html?smid=em-share

By David French

Opinion Columnist

When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?

Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/opinion/democrats-interest-groups-majority.html?smid=em-share

When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?

Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/opinion/democrats-interest-groups-majority.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a04.3WkE.QrUWlHZYFGSe&smid=em-share

The party’s debacle of 2024 shows how easy it is for partisans to misunderstand their own victories.

https://wapo.st/48SuBYs