Latest articles by Michael Brendan Dougherty
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Why the Karlov assassination might not change much
The Explainer This indicates more about Turkey's domestic situation than its relationship with Russia
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Conservatives are getting everything they want from Trump. They may regret it.
opinion It's not always a good thing when your wildest dreams come true
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How Obama made Syria's civil war much, much worse
opinion Reflections on the fall of Aleppo, the West's culpability, and the ease of our collective guilt
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America's hacking panic
opinion Now we know how other countries feel when America messes with their elections
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The media's astonishing fixation on a tiny band of white nationalists
opinion Don't play into their hands!
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The cookbook as spiritual autobiography
The Explainer What new cookbooks by Alton Brown and Anthony Bourdain are really about
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End the war in Yemen, Mr. Trump
opinion If the president-elect wants to bring some positive change to U.S. foreign policy, the war in Yemen would be the place to start
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Donald Trump and the unprepared populists
opinion Trump shares with Brexit a mundane but insidious challenge: staffing
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How America's elections are ruining America
opinion The length of our presidential elections is exhausting our ability to govern ourselves
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What if we really can make America great again?
opinion Trumpism could actually thrive in America — if Trump doesn't ruin it
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How an obscure adviser to Pat Buchanan predicted the wild Trump campaign in 1996
The Explainer This should be the Rosetta Stone for Trumpism
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How liberals totally blew it on Donald Trump
opinion They have some serious soul-searching to do
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How Donald Trump won Obama voters — and what he'll do now
opinion Donald Trump shocked the world. Now he inherits a world of trouble.
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This election is God's judgment on us
opinion I'm not joking. This isn't a metaphor or hyperbole. This election is God's judgment on us. Literally.
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The election that forgot about the future
opinion America used to be obsessed with the future. But, perhaps predictably in a campaign led by two baby boomers, this campaign has been all about the past.
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The Clinton presidency is going to be a miserable slog
opinion When FBI Director James Comey gave us a healthy reminder of Clinton's email scandal last week, even liberals must have realized: This isn't going to end on Nov. 8
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Can Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee reinvent themselves — and their party?
The Explainer These Tea Party senators might get their second chance
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How the 2016 election postpones the Republican reckoning on Iraq
opinion Because Donald Trump is so obviously a flawed candidate, he allows Republicans to spend yet another election cycle learning nothing from the past 15 years
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How Donald Trump spectacularly failed his supporters
The Explainer His campaign has been a fantastic waste of time, enthusiasm, resources, and ideas
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The 2016 World Series is already perfect
The Explainer The Cubs-Indians World Series could not come at a better time
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It's over: Hillary Clinton just finished off Donald Trump
The Explainer Donald Trump's final debate performance might as well be his concession speech
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Why TrumpTV would thrive
The Explainer If Trump builds it, they will come
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Will Obama foolishly escalate his secret wars?
opinion These are two wars the American public would not support if consulted. That should be reason enough not to escalate them.
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Let's hope Hillary Clinton is lying about Syria and Russia
opinion On the dangerous escalations of Hillary Clinton
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