2022
The Election Crisis We Dodged
A proposal to prevent the seating of House members from states with ‘bad’ election laws would be disastrous.
Out Best Stuff From the Week the Midterms Finally Ended
Warnock defeats Walker, but it’s Donald Trump who was hardest hit.
Dobbs Worked, Dobbs Is Working
Taking a long view of how the decision affected, and is affecting, American politics.
They Got Took
Right-wing populists backed unelectable candidates—exactly as Democrats hoped they would.
McCarthy’s Misery
To prevail as speaker, he’ll have to appeal to the suddenly reasonable House Freedom Caucus.
A Blow Against the Malice Theory of American Politics
It turns out it’s hard to escape the need to inspire and persuade.