Latest articles by Michael Brendan Dougherty
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How the GOP burned a generation of political talent
opinion The Republican Party burned its bench in 2016. There's a better way to run primaries.
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The cowardice and hubris of Pope Francis
opinion For a man showing such great audacity before God, Francis certainly isn't bold before men
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How America has waged an eternal war in the Middle East
opinion What if the last four decades of American involvement in the Middle East wasn't a host of numerous and distinct conflicts, but one long, giant war?
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What drives baseball's culture wars?
opinion It turns out the white vs. Latino debate isn't so neatly divided
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Donald Trump is over this whole presidency thing
opinion Does Trump even want to be president anymore? It sure doesn't seem like it.
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The 7 most interesting storylines of baseball's Opening Day
The Explainer From the Cubs' pitching to baseball's broadcast bubble...
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The Republican Party can recover from Donald Trump faster than you think
opinion Trump will destroy the Republican Party? Don't be so sure.
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Obama will leave his successor more Middle East disasters than he inherited
opinion So much for that Nobel Peace Prize...
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Why Utah was impervious to Donald Trump
opinion Here's why the Beehive State didn't want to be made great again
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How terrorism is deforming the face of Europe
opinion Does Europe even recognize itself anymore?
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How Angela Merkel solved one European crisis by promising another
opinion The EU's deal with Turkey is a disaster-in-waiting
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The disintegration of Donald Trump
opinion Why his nationalist challenge to the status quo is disappearing before our eyes
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Bernie Sanders' campaign is an experimental test of idealism. And it's working.
opinion There is no better retort to the horrific state of the GOP primary
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How the Republican Party blew its best shot at defeating Hillary Clinton
opinion As the Republican primary devolves, Hillary Clinton slips away
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Why talk radio coronated Donald Trump
The Explainer It needed a hero — for now
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Even if you're ready to burn the world down, don't support Donald Trump
opinion A Trump presidency would look a lot like his career so far: a lot of big announcements, but few real accomplishments
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This is Donald Trump's world. You're just living in it.
opinion Super Tuesday proves again that conservatives have lost their grip on the Republican Party
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Even if you're ready to burn the world down, don't support Donald Trump
opinion A Trump presidency would look a lot like his career so far: a lot of big announcements, but few real accomplishments
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Donald Trump is the candidate of the future
opinion The rivalry between Rubio and Trump will turn on what they represent. And things are not as they seem.
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Who can beat Trump? Not Rubio. Not Cruz. Not the GOP.
opinion Republicans cowered before him. Now it's too late.
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Burn Kim Davis!
opinion How the Supreme Court co-opted religion to martyr a Kentucky county clerk
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What do conservatives stand to lose with a Trump nomination? Nearly everything.
opinion How can the Republican coalition possibly be re-assembled?
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Is Donald Trump unbeatable?
opinion Or can Marco Rubio beat him?
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George Bush is leading Republicans off another cliff
opinion The GOP embraces the 43rd president at its own peril
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