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What's the Biden record on freedom of movement?
And where do we draw the line between settling for scraps and letting the perfect be the enemy of the good?
Mar 29
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Matthew Downhour
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Any merit to bicameralism is defeated by our budget system
Constant wrangling over continuing resolutions creates more, not fewer, opportunities for ill advised changes
Mar 23
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Matthew Downhour
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February 2024
An Arsenal of Which Democracy?
The US is being asked to supply weapons to two states. It's important to choose which one will actually advance both American and liberal interests.
Feb 23
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Matthew Downhour
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What NATO bills?
Not only are there no bills, but the countries in most danger are more than paying their share
Feb 13
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Matthew Downhour
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January 2024
Liberals Should Embrace Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's more transformative goals
Well beyond the cliched phrases about 'content of character', King drew on the finest of the liberal tradition and added to it, providing a roadmap for…
Jan 15
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Matthew Downhour
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December 2023
Guyana is, deservedly, benefitting from its oil boom
It deserves a better deal, but Venezuela is hiding behind Exxon excuses for raw imperialism
Dec 27, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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We must deal, too, with anti-Palestinian racism
The problem is largely unaddressed
Dec 15, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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November 2023
On speaking ill of the dead
Pointless iconoclasm, or valuable practice?
Nov 30, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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Nuclear weapons cannot be used for aggrandizing blackmail
Down that path is only disaster
Nov 24, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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On agency and economic perception
People assign themselves credit for what is good in the economy and Biden blame for what is bad
Nov 17, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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Conservatism Among Immigrants is No Excuse for Nativism
And arguing that it is shows a lack of confidence in our own beliefs
Nov 7, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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October 2023
Collective Punishment is Illiberal
It simply can't be squared with the tradition
Oct 18, 2023
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Matthew Downhour
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