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‘Doubling Down on the Yeehaw’
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‘Doubling Down on the Yeehaw’

Is there a market for competence in American politics?

The Dispatch Staff
Feb 23, 2021
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Every now and then you hear a phrase that crystalizes an important concept in a vivid and memorable way. And now, thanks to my friend and former National Review colleague Kevin Williamson, I’ve found the perfect way to describe politics as performance, or the transformation of everything into culture war—“doubling down…

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