Las Vegas continues to walk in the shadow of Los Angeles
I recently finished reading Rick Perlman’s Before the Storm and Mike Davis’ City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, which both
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Donald Trump Against America
It was August 1984, and Ronald Reagan was seeking reelection. The Democrats had held their convention in July, in San Francisco (a choice that would
The End of the Neoliberal Order
It makes sense that many followers of politics are fixated on election cycles. There’s so much at stake in each election, and public policy often
It’s All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages
Forty-three years after the climactic events of 1980, the four of us—all steeped in the history of the Carter administration—believe that it’s
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Bob Hope Just Too 'Woke,' We Guess, For Gun-Loving, Gay-Hating Ronald Reagan
One of my favorite Bob Hope one liners is from 1940’s The Ghost Breakers. A man explains to Hope's character what a zombie is: "When a man
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Fentanyl bills put NV on path to drug war mistakes of the past, critics warn
I respectfully disagree with the notion that the only approach to addressing this issue is public health," Attorney General Aaron Ford said.
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It's Your Pre-Trump Arraignment Sunday Show Rundown!
As we've said before, Donald Trump has been indicted and is expected to turn himself in for arraignment on Tuesday and the MAGA Industrial Complex
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The Wisdom of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative
President Ronald Reagan despised mutually assured destruction – the doctrine that if the Soviets attacked the United States with a nuclear weapon
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Ke Huy Quan: Actor, Immigrant, American
For all the criticism of America’s pop culture, there are moments that sometimes move America to be the best version of itself. One of those
40 Years After Reagan, Much Work on US Missile Defense Remains
Forty years ago Thursday, President Ronald Reagan addressed the American people to announce his plan for a national ballistic missile defense system.
40 Years After Reagan, Neglected US Missile Defense Is Dangerously Obsolete
Forty years ago Thursday, President Ronald Reagan addressed the American people to announce his plan for a national ballistic missile defense system.
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Iran Hostage Figure Honors Carter By Reminding Us That Ronald Reagan Was Really, Really Bad
It's hard not to see today as the nadir of American civic life. The American body politic has become so thoroughly degraded in the last decade that
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Land of the Rising Dead, Part Two: Death and Taxes
In December 2022, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) announced a doubling of his defense budget over the next
Does Biden Suffer From Indispensable Man Syndrome?
Dwight Eisenhower was in Colorado on a “work and play” vacation, deep in his third year as president, when he nearly died. He began to feel ill
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Lindsey Graham: The Only Way to Avoid World War III Is to Start It
Foreign Affairs Lindsey Graham: The Only Way to Avoid World War III Is to Start It State of the Union: Tuesday’s collision between an unmanned