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Oct 29, 2024
Marine Gen. John Kelly, who was Mr. Trump’s chief of staff, as well as Homeland Security chief, has come forward to say that Mr. Trump is not fit to return to the Oval Office....
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Sep 16, 2024
have con­flicted views about po­lit­i­cal de­bates. Un­less there are a se­ries of them and they are more or less di­rect...
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May 6, 2024
What makes a great city? What makes it “cool”? What gives it mo­men­tum or causes that mo­men­tum to stall?
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Apr 16, 2024
For the second time in six months, I am teaching a course on George Orwell, this one paired with Hannah Arendt.
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Feb 12, 2024
Watching the meaningless primaries in South Carolina and Nevada; trying to sort the various Trump legal dramas; and trying to fathom hatred toward Joe Biden, both in readers and...
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Feb 5, 2024
Why do they stick with him? Why do Republican primary voters still follow Donald Trump despite all his personal demons, his seemingly innumerable legal problems, and his record as...
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Jan 15, 2024
What makes city life interesting and rich? And what makes a city great, as opposed to just big? A friend of mine who loved New York City dearly, and knew it in the 1950s, told me...
Oct 29, 2024Marine Gen. John Kelly, who was Mr. Trump’s chief of staff, as well as Homeland Security chief, has come forward to say that Mr. Trump is not fit to return to the Oval Office....
Sep 16, 2024have con­flicted views about po­lit­i­cal de­bates. Un­less there are a se­ries of them and they are more or less di­rect...
May 6, 2024What makes a great city? What makes it “cool”? What gives it mo­men­tum or causes that mo­men­tum to stall?
Feb 12, 2024Watching the meaningless primaries in South Carolina and Nevada; trying to sort the various Trump legal dramas; and trying to fathom hatred toward Joe Biden, both in readers and...
Feb 5, 2024Why do they stick with him? Why do Republican primary voters still follow Donald Trump despite all his personal demons, his seemingly innumerable legal problems, and his record as...
Jan 15, 2024What makes city life interesting and rich? And what makes a city great, as opposed to just big? A friend of mine who loved New York City dearly, and knew it in the 1950s, told me...