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August 5, 2022
The January 6 Hearings Are Not Going to Save Us
Liberals don’t seem to have learned much from the failures of James Comey and Robert Mueller to take down Trump.
Daniel Bessner and Ben Burgis
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July 11, 2022
The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor
Though the language of cliché has switched from the middle-class respectability of the 1950s to our current obsessions with “inclusion” and concern for the marginalized, the practice of washing our clean linen in public endures in our culture.
David Bromwich
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December 30, 2021
Bette Midler’s Contempt Fuels Right-Wing Populism
With Trump and his enablers ready to weaponize every condescending word, liberals need to stop giving them ammunition.
Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
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December 24, 2021
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November 27, 2021
John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience
With its doctrine of fairness, A Theory of Justice transformed political philosophy. But what did it leave out?
Olúfémi O. Táíwò
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November 16, 2021
Letters From the November 29/December 6, 2021, Issue
Get Carter… A stream called Drowning Creek…
Kai Bird and Our Readers
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November 15, 2021
George Packer’s Liberal Faith
In his new book, Packer returns to his theme of liberalism in crisis and in need of renewal.
Nikhil Pal Singh
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June 1, 2021
The Return of the Sensible Liberal
If someone wants you six feet under, meeting in the middle still puts you three feet deep.
Tom Tomorrow
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May 5, 2021
Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’
Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.
Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry
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February 24, 2021
Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic
A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.
Angela Ards