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And how will the ratings turn out?
The Democrats could wallop the GOP in the midterms, if you believe once-discredited (last August) polls.
You, too, can believe in miracles. Philip Galanes is aces at The New York Times. What year is it (#650)?
Reflections of a write-in candidate.
Oh, that Jon Ossoff!
A lecture from Meghan Cox Gurdon. What year is it (#649)?
Jacob Weisberg makes the unconvincing case that “43” is consumed by his legacy.
It’s an odd relationship bound for destruction. What year is it (#648)?
Why the attacks have rarely been dramatized, and why younger generations treat it so callously.
The man who isn’t on the ballot must enthuse his supporters.
Andy Kessler writes a common-sense political column, a rarity this year. What year is it (#647)?
Treat it like poking an infected toe.
Notes on civic engagement and democracy’s future.
Political leaders and their factions want instant answers, which prove wrong.
In Québec a man decides.
Me and my critics.
Because nothing matters.
Unexpected things are bound to happen abroad and at home once military conflict begins.
Gearing up for the campaign trail in Wyckoff, NJ.
Zohran Mamdani triggers a near-identical brand of apoplectic foam-frothing among his conservative critics.
The former Congressman talks The Devil Wears Prada, lying, and the future of our country.
The former news anchor talks about the decline of traditional media, Democrats digging their heels in, and what our country has lost in the last decade.
The conservative wipes the floor with the comedian.
The former newscaster talks to Friedland in this recently aired "lost episode."
The Playboy publisher clashes with radical feminists Susan Brownmiller and Sally Kempton on this March 26, 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show.
Lewinsky talks double standards, slut shaming, and how she reclaimed her narrative.
Big surprise.
The Los Angeles mayoral candidate on crime, corruption, California, and more in this new interview.
The Governor of Maryland on the military, Oprah, Iran, and more.