Samuel Goldman
Samuel Goldman is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also an associate professor of political science at George Washington University, where he is executive director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom and director of the Politics & Values Program. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow in Religion, Ethics, & Politics at Princeton University. His books include God's Country: Christian Zionism in America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) and After Nationalism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). In addition to academic research, Goldman's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.
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Loyal to a party that no longer exists
opinion Joe Manchin is out of step with his party, but it's the party that moved
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Meet the new Harvard, same as the old Harvard
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The U.S. won't confront Russia. Will Germany?
opinion The Biden administration is unwilling to fight for Ukraine. Berlin must choose its course.
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Jan. 6 looks worse and worse. It still won't matter.
opinion The futility of the appalling discoveries by the Jan. 6 committee
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The Succession finale was brilliant. Time to end the series.
opinion There's no need for another season after an ending like that
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Democrats are fighting a culture war over the American family, whether they realize it or not
opinion Democrats aren't anti-family, but they don't understand the families Americans want
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Robert Moses helped ruin Penn Station. He'd have made it easier to fix, too.
opinion Preservationists like Jane Jacobs are urbanist heroes. But their rules can stifle.
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Teachers shouldn't have to pass a political test
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If you want Americans to act like liberals, govern like a conservative
opinion First, stabilize. Then, reform.
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The political risk in prosecuting an alleged school shooter's parents
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Americans love a powerful Supreme Court, but it's not good for us
opinion Judicial review — or judicial supremacy?
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Charlie Baker and the end of moderate Republicanism
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You don't have to roast a turkey, you know
opinion Thanksgiving food is bad. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Christian nationalism is real. The way you talk about it might make things worse.
opinion Careless use of the term risks discrediting a powerful alternative to a genuine problem
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The false memory of an immaculate Ronald Reagan
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The naive fantasy of global action on climate change
opinion The world won't unite to fix this. Countries must take care of themselves.
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One of America's oldest senators is retiring. Let's hope he's not the last.
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Rittenhouse and his victims are America's 'lost boys'
opinion And there are more like them
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Blake Masters is betting Republicans won't notice he didn't quite endorse election fraud claims
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The University of Austin has a good hook. Now for the hard part.
opinion Much of the criticism of the new project by Bari Weiss, Niall Ferguson, and others is over the top. But there are reasons to be skeptical the reality can match the hype.
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Will science save us?
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Democrats face the gathering storm
opinion Even if they can't stop the flood, it would be crazy not to prepare
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Can manliness rescue men?
opinion Why Sen. Josh Hawley is right about what's plaguing American men
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Cities are too loud. We can fix that.
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