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‘In 2010, the smart people were either thrilled or alarmed by the prospect of an “emerging Democratic majority”, created by high immigration, de-industrialization and college education. Ten years on, influential magazines are still warning Republicans to play nice with a newly diverse electorate or go the way of the Whigs.’
No presidency for old men
Instead of coming away from my accidental meeting with Bernie dazzled, I left feeling sorry for him. He looked like an exhausted old man
By Harry Mount
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The death of populism has been greatly exaggerated
There have been setbacks — but populists are consolidating, not retreating
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The link between politics and moisturizer
With some surprise I found reset has been in use since the early 17th century
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An Englishman in New York
Mist was blowing in drifts off the East River and already I could feel the intoxication of the city
By Ian Thomson
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Roman funerals had real ‘emotional intelligence’
There was a tradition of preserving death masks of the departed, complete with lists of achievements
By Peter Jones
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The story of my only novel
I had to spend a solid year assuring readers that I did not prematurely ejaculate. Boy was that embarrassing
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Cold truth: Iceland’s melting glaciers are nothing to panic about
The glacier that had its last rites read in August had, in fact, more or less disappeared half a century ago
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2019 was not a good year for freedom of speech
Is everything rosy in the groves of academe?
By Toby Young
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How to lose votes and bore people
Impeachment and the Democratic primary are the two weakest plot lines of The Donald Trump Show
By Matt Purple
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Polls apart
The modern pollster tends to be in love with his model. Hence his predictions tend to confirm the model rather than pull back the curtain on other contingencies
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How to end endless wars
If politicians really wanted to ‘support the troops’, they’d introduce mandatory national service
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The case for Genghis Trump
What force on earth can reform a corrupt or incompetent elite, one that serves itself and its dreams rather the citizens of the country?
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Who’s right in the 2020s?
The American tradition of fair opportunity has been breached in our Gilded Age more than honored
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Why Trump will win again in 2020
There is a growing wrath in the country, either ignored, suppressed or undetected by the partisan media
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A crime still in progress
The Russiagate whistleblowers have blown their cover
By Lee Smith
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Trump and the troops
The president’s weird popularity with the military shows few signs of diminishing
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