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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.

Tom Cotton.

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Cotton can't square the circle between Reagan and Trump

Debate.

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Don't come to college eager for debate

Vladimir Putin.

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The United States of Europe

A protester.

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How far will Putin's most vocal opponents go?

President Biden.

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Biden bungles his State of the Union message

Vladimir Putin and President Biden.

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Will Western restraint survive a battle in Kyiv?

Vladimir Putin.

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Now what?

A protestor.

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When 'doing something' isn't an option

Vladimir Putin.

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The past is dangerous — if you know how to use it

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

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Why Putin played nice during the Trump era

Vladimir Putin.

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Is negotiation with Putin even possible?

Vladimir Putin.

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U.S.-Russia tensions just took their darkest turn yet

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A plausible dystopia

Sandy Hook.

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The disappointing truth about the Sandy Hook settlement

Justin Trudeau.

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Why Canada's new immigration plan matters for America

A truck.

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When protests aren't progressive

Lightning.

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Free yourself from COVID-19

An old Polaroid.

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The challenge and necessity of friendship

COVID anger.

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The pathological politics of leaving the pandemic behind

An elephant.

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The real impediment to a dovish GOP

Grilling in the simulation.

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Life is not a simulation

Donald Trump.

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A defense of bothsidesism

An American flag.

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Are Republicans the only ones abandoning democracy?

A teacher.

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Cancel culture comes to Georgetown Law

Joe Rogan.

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What's really at stake in the Joe Rogan kerfuffle

COVID people.

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Lost on the way back to normal

The Supreme Court.

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The Breyer nothingburger

The Gadsden flag.

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A tragedy in Indianapolis

Princeton.

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Princeton boldly helps people who don't need help

COVID.

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The fundamentally irrational American response to COVID-19

A goldfish.

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America's hyperbole habit is the worst thing ever

Donald Trump.

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The fantasy of a Trump-slaying Republican

President Biden.

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

An airplane.

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The false premise making war with Russia more likely

A donkey.

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The 2 hard truths Democrats need to share with their voters

President Biden and Vladimir Putin.

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Putin calls America's bluff