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Our Long National Nightmare

The Biden administration is going to delay student loan repayments again. How can it ever expect to resume them?

Contrary to popular belief, the United States is not the only country where student loans exist. But the ubiquity of student loans in the U.S. is somewhat unusual. Less than 20% of German students obtain student loans, for example. Things in the U.K. might be more relatable to American students; there, students rack up an average of $43,298 in debt, slightly above the average $39,351 … Continue reading The Biden administration is going to delay student loan repayments again. How can it ever expect to resume them?

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Our Long National Nightmare

Could We Be in the Era of One Term Presidencies?

As is their unstoppable habit, Twitter users speculated about what would be the straw that breaks the filibuster’s back on Thursday in light of the news that it would apparently not be a vote by Senate Democrats. The Atlantic mused that opposition to the filibuster has now become a core belief in the Democratic Party, with most Dems unwilling to preserve the archaic (yet not … Continue reading Could We Be in the Era of One Term Presidencies?

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Our Long National Nightmare

Vote Blue Or We Eliminate One Hostage Every Hour

Ten days is long enough to recover from a New Year’s Eve party no matter how extravagant it might be. Ten days is even long enough to finally realize that it’s true: 2021 is behind us, firmly, and it is now the glorious future of 2022. And in America, that means this is an election year. Every year in America is an election year, technically, … Continue reading Vote Blue Or We Eliminate One Hostage Every Hour

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Politics

Are Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg really rivals?

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is the youngest member of the Biden administration. He’ll be forty next January, younger than any man to ascend to the presidency so far. If he secures his party’s nomination in 2024 and wins the election, he’ll become the youngest person elected president, a few months younger than John F. Kennedy. Buttigieg probably had no illusions that he would be the … Continue reading Are Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg really rivals?

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Quickie

Brave Hero Rewarded With Prison Sentence

In 2014, an anonymous person leaked more than 150 pages of classified material that revealed a lot about the American drone program. That leak was reportedly the basis of The Drone Papers, an expose by The Intercept published the following year. The revelations in The Drone Papers shook America to its core in the way these things so often do: by being almost totally ignored. … Continue reading Brave Hero Rewarded With Prison Sentence

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Politics

After two decades, Congress is repealing the president’s nearly unlimited war power

9 /11 was, for those who remember it vividly, terrifying. It’s right there in the world “terrorism.” On that day, and in the days and weeks after, it was hard to fathom that this was the same year we were introduced to “Island in the Sun.” It was a different world – a scarier world. And Americans have pretty much just the one response to … Continue reading After two decades, Congress is repealing the president’s nearly unlimited war power

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Quickie

Biden, LGBTQ+ rights, and the duty to defend

News broke in the late afternoon Wednesday that the Biden administration plans to continue to defend the federal government in Hunter v. Goldberg, what could potentially be a major case for LGBTQ+ civil rights. The case stems from the Trump administration and deals with the right of religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students and it’s the kind of thing you would not expect the … Continue reading Biden, LGBTQ+ rights, and the duty to defend

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Feature

Deqification

In the aftermath of World War II, the victorious Allies faced a daunting task. Not only had the war had a devastating impact on Germany’s industrial and economic might – since mangling the German industrial machine was essential to defeating its military – but the Allies were faced with a territory that had undergone years of intense propagandizing. Stationed for many years in Berlin, CBS … Continue reading Deqification

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