NotableThis definitely-not-a-Democrat is cracking the G.O.P. hold on red America. “Mr. Osborn speaks directly to voters’ widespread disaffection with the political establishment, accusing both parties of putting their own interests, and those of their funders, above the public good.” — Michelle Cottle, an Opinion writer A skyscraper’s near collapse is not just about steel. “A sound calculation can be undermined by a field condition that differs from the drawings, a construction sequence that was not anticipated, a warning that was not promptly reported or an ambiguity about who had authority to stop the work.” — Nate Bliss, the founder of Latent Urban Ventures G.O.P. extremism like this has become ordinary. “The Republican Party of Sarah Palin once pretended to revere mothers while fear-mongering about death panels. Now it stands, above all, for male impunity.” — Michelle Goldberg, an Opinion columnist Spotlight
Foraging for Farage in Clacton-on-Sea“I watched for Mr. Farage all of that hot Saturday but didn’t see him. Like most populists, I suppose, he tends to go where he knows he is loved.” ICYMIAdieu, Odysseus. Enough already. “The digital age has a way of turning excitement to exhaustion, of reducing everything to content to be molded in whatever fashion a given messenger or medium desires. I think back to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and how the magic of it evaporated a bit with every new exegesis on its significance. Or how every other Super Bowl must generate a dozen subplots and serve as social mirror.” — Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer Listen (or Watch)
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