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Three Philosophical Moments That Speak to Us Today
Plato’s Cave, Descartes’ Evil Genius and Simone de Beauvoir on Woman-as-Other
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What I Learned From Mitch McConnell
For decades, Kentuckians have been electing a man everyone in the state hates. The secret of his success can help us understand what happened in the…
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At the Ellipse
They keep saying “We don’t know enough about her.” They keep asking “But how would she govern?” She’s been telling us all along. And never clearer than…
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Bernie Sanders, Put that Wagging Finger Back in Your Pocket
Want the Dems to win? Going on MSNBC with your old stump speech isn’t the way to do it. You have advice for Kamala? Call her on the phone and then take…
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The Media Has Been “Dodging” the “Thorniest” Question for Years
They helped usher Trump into the Oval Office in 2016–and they still won’t acknowledge it.
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Kamala is Doing Everything They’re Asking Her To Do Except One: She’s Not a Man.
“Why isn’t she doing more ‘hard-hitting’ interviews?” “Why isn’t she coming harder at Trump?” OK, I’ll “take my gloves off” and tell you why…
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The Corporate Media is Stealing My Joy, Or: How Not to Cover a Historic Political Event
They love the word “unprecedented.” They bemoan our “polarized politics” & reminisce about the days when politicians reached “across the aisles.” Then…
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The Salesman and the Trickster
Trump is falling apart. But Vance is ready to take over. He’s even more dangerous. And the media still doesn’t get it.
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Closing the Gender Gap on Abortion
We might not be able to get rid of sexism, but we can reframe “women’s issues” so men see them as their issues, too.
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You Want Humble? Try Adoption.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t deserve a response. But I’m writing one anyway.
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“The Bear” is Not a Comedy
Selections from my stacks on all three seasons of “The Bear”
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Can a Woman Be Too Presidential?
Election Watch Week 9: In which Kamala dazzles, Trump decomposes, and yet some still “don’t know.” Plus: One meme reminds us of what Trump is really…
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Election Watch # 7: Pre-“Debate”
Donald Trump’s incoherent rants this past week suggest he needs an intervention rather than a debate. So why is the media perpetuating the idea that it…
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Election Watch Week 6: Kamala and Tim Give Georgia Love and CNN Gives Us a Pseudo-Event.
Still wondering why Kamala and Tim prefer to meet with real people rather than “sit down” with “the press”?
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I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass media—what moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries me—from movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads.
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