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Writing on Instagram shortly after his defeat in a Republican congressional primary in North Carolina, 26-year-old Representative Madison Cawthorn lashed out at the Republican establishment for turning “their guns” on him. He lavished praise on a handful of true believers—including Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene—before ending with a rousing call to action. “We have an enemy to defeat,” he wrote. “But we will never be able to defeat them until we defeat the cowardly and weak members of our own party. Читать дальше...

In her 2011 article “THE EROSION OF THE PUBLIC GOOD: THE IMPLICATIONS OF NEO-LIBERALISM FOR EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY,” Catherine Broom, professor of education at the University of British Columbia, Kelowna, depicts a “small but lovely” park near her home, frequented by “individuals of all ages, who collectively enjoy it as a public space and a right of citizens in a democracy.” The loveliness of the park, however, is marred by a group of teenagers who often visit and leave behind various discarded items such as broken alcohol bottles... Читать дальше...

In a recent interview, Mark Esper, who served as secretary of defense from July 23, 2019, to November 9, 2020, described Donald Trump as a “person driven by self-interest.” This is exactly the kind of clueless comment for which the phrase “the pot calling the kettle black” was invented: The only reason Esper was being interviewed in the first place is that he recently published a book that was written purely for reasons of self-interest (whether he knows or will admit it or not).

One year after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman recounted how she almost didn’t read her luminous poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the ceremony that day, how she overcame fear—of failure, Covid, and violence in the wake of the Capitol riot—by listening to the greater fear of forever wondering what “the poem could have achieved.” A year is a tiny vantage point from which to reflect on the possible effects of our words. The words of those further in the past are still doing work now, as historians keep them before us... Читать дальше...

Here’s what happened this week

A persistent question hanging over the entire January 6 committee investigation relates to the Department of Justice: “What exactly is Attorney General Merrick Garland doing?” frustrated Democrats have asked with increased urgency. “When will DOJ step in? Will Garland prosecute Donald Trump?” The New York Times partially lifted the veil on that answer this past week with a report detailing how the Justice Department has asked the January 6 committee for interview... Читать дальше...