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Trump and the Man in the T-Shirt
By Amy Davidson
In New Hampshire, Donald Trump elicited ugliness, he got it, and, to all appearances, he relished it.
In New Hampshire, Donald Trump elicited ugliness, he got it, and, to all appearances, he relished it.
The debate reflected the state of the Republican Party: at once recklessly insinuating and utterly timid when it comes to extremism in its own ranks.
The candidates’ views on birthright citizenship will reveal much about their vision of America and their willingness to play on the country’s fears and divisions.
In “Unopen Doors,” Amy Davidson writes that Europe is accepting refugees from Syria and that America should, too.
Money talked in the Imperial election of 1519, as it does now.
In “Paging Dr. Carson,” Amy Davidson writes about how a kid from Detroit went to Yale, changed neurosurgery, entered politics, and became a G.O.P. ideologue.
According to a new theory, Tutankhamun’s burial chamber was originally a side room in Nefertiti’s tomb, and the queen’s body lies hidden behind a wall.
The problem is that the other Republican candidates are not clear in their own minds about why Trump’s comments about the Fox host were wrong.
The debate was supposed to bring on a winnowing of the field. But it looks like this reality-show could go on for a while.
Photographs of the civil-rights struggle surrounding the passage of the Voting Rights Act, fifty years ago.