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October 9, 2014

Money Matters Less

Remember all the talk about how Citizens United would give Republicans a spending advantage forevermore? That hasn’t happened.
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Published on October 09, 2014 21:00

October 7, 2014

The Peculiar Art of the Washington Memoir

Brooks and Collins on recent works by Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta and Bob Gates.
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Published on October 07, 2014 18:30

October 2, 2014

The Problem With Pragmatism

Our dominant political mind-set (pragmatism) tends dangerously toward rationalism uninformed by moral emotion.
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Published on October 02, 2014 21:00

September 30, 2014

Swing State Envy, Anyone?

Brooks and Collins on the confounding mid-term elections.
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Published on September 30, 2014 18:09

September 25, 2014

The Good Order

The arduous work of imposing order is critical to success in any realm, from the international state system to one’s own mind.
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Published on September 25, 2014 21:00

September 23, 2014

Toasting With a Half-Full Glass

Brooks and Collins on the beauty of cities and the ugliness of politics.
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Published on September 23, 2014 18:43

September 22, 2014

Snap Out of It

It’s been a bad summer, but it’s important to keep things in perspective.
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Published on September 22, 2014 21:00

September 18, 2014

Startling Adult Friendships

How would you spend $500 million? Here are a few ideas.
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Published on September 18, 2014 21:00

September 16, 2014

What's Left of Positive Thinking?

Brooks and Collins on ISIS, football and the advent of three-person political races.
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Published on September 16, 2014 19:08

September 15, 2014

Goodbye, Organization Man

The global failure to address the Ebola epidemic stems from a much broader crisis in our culture of government.
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Published on September 15, 2014 21:00

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