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Matt Robison

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There's a Huge, Sneaky, Bipartisan Win Hiding in Plain Sight | Opinion

There's a Huge, Sneaky, Bipartisan Win Hiding in Plain Sight | Opinion

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested something much bigger, bolder, and better than he probably realized.

28.01.2025 6

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One Hard Truth Democrats Must Face to Navigate Trump 2.0 | Opinion

One Hard Truth Democrats Must Face to Navigate Trump 2.0 | Opinion

By the 1980s there was a lot more global competition for U.S.-made goods, which began to depress U.S. wages

23.01.2025 20

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It's Time for Congress to Ban Fraternities—Sororities, Too | Opinion

It's Time for Congress to Ban Fraternities—Sororities, Too | Opinion

If gangs were visiting this kind of damage upon our kids, we would call in the National Guard. When frats do it, we go to the movies.

10.01.2025 10

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American Jews: We Messed Up Hanukkah. Let's Fix It | Opinion

Next week, we'll get a rare cultural confluence: the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Day coincide for only the fifth time in a century. The...

20.12.2024 4

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We Legalized Our Sins; Now They Are Coming Back to Bite Us | Opinion

As I lay moaning in the emergency room, it dawned on me how badly our country had screwed up. I'd been admitted for intractable nausea. By a weird...

10.12.2024 20

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Trump Is Falling Into the Classic Trap That Kills Presidencies | Opinion

The results were decisive. The president-elect won a second term by more than 2.5 million raw votes, and convincingly in the electoral college....

27.11.2024 10

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A Hidden Catch-22 That Could Ruin Donald Trump's Plans | Opinion

Ancient Greek mariners sailing through the Strait of Messina had a dilemma. Stick to the Calabrian side and risk tearing up their ship on a rocky...

20.11.2024 2

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This Is Gonna Hurt—Pulling the Democrats Back From the Brink | Opinion

There's no sugarcoating this. The election was terrible for America. We must now endure President-Elect Donald Trump's renewed assault on the...

12.11.2024 2

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Democrats Think They Have One Last Ace in the Hole. Is It Real? | Opinion

There are two ideas firing Democrats' desperate dreams right now. Both come from ancient Greece. The first is democracy, which derives from the...

28.10.2024 8

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The Presidential Election May Depend on a Butterfly's Wings | Opinion

In Isaac Asimov's classic short story Spell My Name with an "S," twodemons compete to see how much they can change the course of history with the...

21.10.2024 2

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Sorry Donald Trump, Here's Why the Election May Already Be Over | Opinion

Is the Presidential election already over? Well...not exactly. Not yet. But there's now a real argument that sometime last week, former President...

01.10.2024 30

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Hey Donald Trump, Tariffs Don't Work That Way | Opinion

There's an old story about a woman who sees floodwaters rapidly rising outside her front door. A man comes by in a rowboat and offers a ride to...

20.09.2024 2

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Whatever Your Politics, America Lost the Debate | Opinion

The fact that Vice President Kamala Harris "won" last night's presidential debate over an enraged, incoherent, deceitful former President Donald...

11.09.2024 3

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What Political Ads and Spicy Meatballs Have in Common | Opinion

In politics, we sometimes miss the trees for the forest. Election analysis is usually about the three "Ms": money, media, and maps: what campaigns...

04.09.2024 2

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The Obamas Showed Democrats It's Time to Reach Out | Opinion

To borrow an Obama-ism, let me be clear. They planned this. Barack and Michelle Obama's electrically brilliant speeches to the Democratic National...

23.08.2024 9

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3 Things We Can Read From the Tim Walz Vice-Presidential Pick | Opinion

"What does Walz get her?" Last night, that was a rhetorical question that Democratic insiders were asking when sizing up the final choice between...

06.08.2024 2

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President Joe Biden Should Resign Today | Opinion

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio just suggested that if President Joe Biden withdraws as the Democrats' nominee he should also resign as president. This...

20.07.2024 1

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