What does Mueller Friday mean for Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen and ‘Individual-1’?
A guilty plea might not equal a lenient sentence
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Friday
Wednesday
What was the real point of the Mueller investigation?
Since the beginning, it’s been an investigation in search of a crime rather than an investigation of a suspected crime
‘Not to sound naive or anything’, but it seems like Michael Flynn has ratted someone out to Mueller
Trump’s imagination is free to run riot as to who it might be
Tuesday
George H.W. Bush: a man in full
Like all great leaders, he set a great example
Monday
Richard Nixon: the president who made George H.W. Bush possible
Bush always listened keenly to Nixon’s counsel and carefully considered it, though he didn’t always choose to heed it in full
Sunday
RIP, The Vishnu
He was the kindest, most decent man I’ve ever known
Saturday
George H.W. Bush was the representative president
The death of the last president to have served in World War Two represents the passing of an age
Friday
Why is no one treating Bernie Sanders like the Democratic front-runner?
From a purely electoral standpoint, Sanders stands the best chance against Trump
Tuesday
If you don’t believe in borders, should you be deciding US immigration policy?
Despite what Beto thinks, the United States doesn’t have an obligation to every distressed mother with a four-month-old
Saturday
Meet Jerome Corsi, the conspiracy theorist turned conspirator
Robert Mueller is zeroing in on the ties between Corsi, Roger Stone, WikiLeaks, and Mother Russia
Trump lays bare America’s smelly little orthodoxies
Through his preposterousness, the President exposes the smugness, cant, and corruption of our politics
Thursday
’Twas the night after Thanksgiving
What will the White House’s Thanksgiving look like in 10 years’ time?
How the myth of JFK tortured the Democratic Party for 55 years
Decades after Dallas, the Dems keep drinking from the poisoned Kennedy chalice
Tuesday
No, the Proud Boys aren’t an extremist group
They’re just mindless thugs barging into the culture war
Ivanka Trump is the new Hillary Clinton
It’s not just private email scandals. The First Daughter and the former First Lady have a lot in common
Monday
Could Donald Trump’s revisionist history leave the GOP in the lurch?
Trump has responded to his midterm travails by doubling down on the insults
Sunday
The way Trump wins again
In 2020, if Trump prevails in either Michigan or Pennsylvania, and holds Ohio and Florida, he is almost assured victory
Hillary Clinton 2020? Why not?
If you add a few disgruntled Republicans to her coalition, she’ll win
Saturday
The myth of the transformative election
The midterms follow a predictable pattern, which offers no guide to presidential contests. Why pretend otherwise?
Election recounts are a sign of a healthy democracy
Americans are more eager than ever to get results right