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The Pollster Who Sensed Democracy Was Faltering

What does the road map to restore American democracy look like?

Can This Man Save Harvard?

To fend off illiberalism from the White House, the university’s president also has to confront illiberalism on campus.

What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America

At a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains why he wanted to read The Turner Diaries.

Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?

CBS no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Former Intel Chief Banned From Dog's Graduation Ceremony

The pettiness of the administration’s retribution campaign begins to bite.

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