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GOP to white midterm voters: we’ll save you the effort of competing with people who are putting in twice the effort.
What the Times’ value-free vernacular tells us.
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A radical third of the country dictates the terms of democracy
It is entitled to use political violence.
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The Republican’s danse macabre
Yes, even if they suffer, too. It’s frivolous and terrifying.
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In ‘correcting’ GOP metaphors, liberals reveal their denial
Democrats and liberals just have to keep on keeping on even when, or especially when, keeping on keeping on is exhausting.
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There’s no reason to freak out
Monday’s polling just tells us there’s work to do.
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Drop the idea that ‘no one is above the law’
It does more harm than good.
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After Rushdie’s attack, is America still a refuge for writers in exile?
We seem to be dodging the question.
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‘Anti-woke’ critics are not defending free speech. They're defending the status quo from ordinary, democratic politics
The true choice has always been the politics of reform or the politics of the status quo. Both, however, are products of democracy.
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Who needs affirmative action when we have racism?
Leveraging white power can produce the same results.
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Democracy isn’t the only thing on the ballot. So are criminals
Replacing a democratic rule of law with a fascist one.
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For white evangelical Protestants, power is religion
Herschel Walker’s hypocrisy won’t deter their vote.
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The ‘crisis of masculinity’ is the absence of a rich inner life
Most think the solution is ramping up “manliness.” It’s not.