Month: September 2024

Abraham Lincoln’s Wiliest Trick Should Be a Lesson for Biden

A model of how a lame duck can nobly serve the nation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/abraham-lincoln-lesson-biden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk4.73u0.U29xzVq8TtHj&smid=em-share

“This concept of presidential immunity conjured up by the Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual,” @adamserwer writes. “Until it is overturned, every president is a potential despot.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/roberts-supreme-court-2024-term/678983/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

J. D. Vance is just the man that the Catholic right has been waiting for, @DamonLinker writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/jd-vance-post-liberal-catholics-thiel/679388/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Maybe We Are Asking Presidential Candidates the Wrong Questions

Harris needs to talk about her theory of the presidency, not relitigate her campaign controversies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion/harris-cnn-interview-president.html?smid=em-share