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My Magnum Opus & Other Happenings
Second Terms III: When the White House Holds All the Cards
In Biden's America, Turkeys Get Pardons and Sons Get Sentencing Dates
Second Terms II: No Hex Required
Happy 20th to "National Treasure," a National Treasure
Behind the Essay: Making S'mores Over the Embers of Gender Equality
The Second Term I: Comparing Apples to Orange Hair
"Your Most Not Best Friend": A Little Girl's Letter to President JFK
George W. Bush's Silent Surrender: Moral Abdication in Democracy's Twilight
Martians, McPolicies & Mimicry: The Art of Taking Seriously That Which is Patently Absurd
How a President Should Be: Authenticity as Democracy’s Lifeline
Galapagos Gone Wild: When Utopia Bites Back
Behind the Essay: In Rolling Stone, I worry that yesterday's news is tomorrow's crisis.
The Speech I'd Advise Vice President Harris to Give
American Profiteers Have Always Hated Haiti
The venue isn't a backdrop. It's a character.
From the Office of Fun History Prevention and Control: Stop Calling Abraham Lincoln Gay
Swanson on Swanson, Kennedy on Kennedy, Goodwin on Goodwin (and Hamilton)...
Happy 250th to the Declaration's (Relatively) Chill Pre-Party
In This Emergency, Break Any Glass
The Last of America’s "Slave Tags"
The Care Bears are Unapologetic Interventionists
Behind the Book Review: I wrote about Erik Larson's latest for the NYT
18th c. Snails Dried So 21st c. Snails Could Mucin
"I don't know how many rooms we have."
"A Fine Broth of a Lad, Pelvis and All"
"My delay...is due to involvement in hold-up and murder trials."
"Carol Doesn't Like to Wear Shoes"
A Brief History of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee
Campaign Promises and White House Possibilities
2024: When You Know Both Devils