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Damon Linker

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Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.

Latest articles by Damon Linker

Sandy Hook.

The disappointing truth about the Sandy Hook settlement

Talking Point

Why Canada's new immigration plan matters for America

Talking Point

By Damon Linker Published 15 February 22

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When protests aren't progressive

opinion How the Freedom Convoy is scrambling the left's view of history

By Damon Linker Published 15 February 22

opinion
Follow the math and free yourself from COVID-19

opinion The vaccines have passed the test. They work. The time to return to normal is now.

By Damon Linker Published 11 February 22

opinion
Finding words for the challenge and wonder of friendship

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By Damon Linker Published 9 February 22

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The pathological politics of leaving the pandemic behind

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By Damon Linker Published 9 February 22

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Elite Republicans aren't the obstacle to a dovish GOP. Voters are.

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By Damon Linker Published 8 February 22

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Life is not a simulation

opinion Don't waste your time wondering if the world is real

By Damon Linker Published 8 February 22

opinion
The noble and needful philosophical tradition of bothsidesism (no, really)

opinion A call for equanimity in a polarized time

By Damon Linker Published 4 February 22

opinion
Are Republicans the only ones abandoning democracy?

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By Damon Linker Published 2 February 22

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Cancel culture comes to Georgetown Law

opinion The chilling implications of a free speech battle on campus

By Damon Linker Published 2 February 22

opinion
What's really at stake in the Joe Rogan kerfuffle

Talking Point

By Damon Linker Published 1 February 22

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Lost on the way to a post-pandemic normal

opinion How do we find our way out of this mess? I wish I knew.

By Damon Linker Published 1 February 22

opinion

The big nothing of replacing Stephen Breyer

opinion We appear to be at the start of one of the most routine processes in our politics

By Damon Linker Published 27 January 22

opinion
A libertarian tragedy in Indianapolis

opinion The political struggle over the libertarian soul takes a grim and telling turn

By Damon Linker Published 26 January 22

opinion
Princeton gives a pay raise to some of the most privileged people in the world

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By Damon Linker Published 26 January 22

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The fundamentally irrational American response to COVID-19

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By Damon Linker Published 25 January 22

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America's hyperbole habit is the worst thing ever

opinion The risk and roots of our nonstop panic and alarm

By Damon Linker Published 25 January 22

opinion
The fantasy of a Trump-slaying Republican

opinion Why no one will stand up to Trump in the 2024 GOP primary

By Damon Linker Published 21 January 22

opinion

How a narrative of failure upended Biden's 1st year

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By Damon Linker Published 19 January 22

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The false premise making war with Russia more likely

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By Damon Linker Published 19 January 22

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The 2 hard truths Democrats need to share with their voters

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By Damon Linker Published 18 January 22

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Putin calls America's bluff on Ukraine

opinion Now the hard choices begin

By Damon Linker Published 14 January 22

opinion
Biden-Hogan 2024?

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By Damon Linker Published 12 January 22

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Biden bungles at-home COVID tests — again

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By Damon Linker Published 12 January 22

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