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Lenny Bruce got Lyndon Johnson totally wrong (but maybe it wasn’t his fault)

All the good, smart people looked at Lyndon Johnson take the White House in November of 1963 and said “What an asshole; we’re doomed.” But once installed, Johnson, a politician first and foremost, knew what time it was and what he would be remembered for. Continue reading

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On electoral politics, compromise, and life

“Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary everywhere else in our lives, we imagine ourselves entitled to a politics in which we never have to settle for less than our preferred candidate and platform.” Continue reading

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