Archives from 2021

The 21 most important political stories of 2021 — and what they tell us about 2022 (Part 2)

The 21 most important political stories of 2021 — and what they tell us about 2022 (Part 1)

The plot against America is just getting started

The Supreme Court wants to turn the 14th Amendment into a privilege that legislatures can remove

The Omicron variant is our own fault

What the Rittenhouse verdict portends about the future of American democracy

After the Virginia loss, Dems are almost certain to take a bad situation and make it worse

Why no one’s happy with Biden’s historic first year

The problem with avoiding the culture war

The decline and fall of American democracy is here. To fix it, we must acknowledge its presence.

Our democracy is failing. Here’s how we can (but probably won’t) fix it.

Mitch McConnell is playing chicken with the global economy because he expects Democrats to blink

The Democrats’ circular firing squad is taking aim

9/11 actually exposed our true mysterious enemy — ourselves

The most radical Supreme Court in American history just announced its intentions. Get ready.

Trump negotiated a bad deal in Afghanistan, and Biden is paying for it

How to lose a war in the graveyard of empires

To unfuck the planet’s future, fix our failing democracy

Ron DeSantis has not reconsidered

Biden paid a lot for those Republican infrastructure votes