Michael Brendan Dougherty

Senior correspondent

Michael Brendan Dougherty is senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is the founder and editor of The Slurve, a newsletter about baseball. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Slate and The American Conservative.

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Opinion

What Andrew Jackson can teach us about Trump's overthrow of conservatism

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Opinion

I write on the internet. I'm sorry.

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Opinion

Why America should envy Brexit

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Opinion

The establishment lacks imagination. The nationalists lack skill. Who will prevail?

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Opinion

Kill the EU

A detachment of the 82nd Airborne Division stands at attention before a U.S. flag in Orgun-e, Afghanistan.

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Opinion

How and when will Americans give up on Afghanistan?

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Opinion

Why Trump will act wisely on North Korea

Sometimes all those camera lights are a bad thing.

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Analysis

Why Trump's media magic ran out

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Opinion

The Bannon irony

U.S. Army Cpt. Andrew Roberts directs newly arrived paratroopers where to go near Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2017.

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Opinion

How the Middle East is depleting American power

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Opinion

Trump has discovered the awesome powers of the presidency. Be afraid.

Syrian walk the rubble of their former neighborhood in eastern Alyppo.

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Opinion

America can't save Syria. And it shouldn't try.

Who has time to govern when there's cable news?

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Opinion

Trump doesn't care about governing. But he sure loves feuding.

The Dodger's star shortstop Corey Seager.

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Opinion

Baseball is back! And so are the swaggering big-market teams.

That's going to be a hard pass for Democrats.

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Opinion

Get real. Trump can't work with the Democrats.

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Opinion

Obama's foreign policy was a mess. Trump's is even worse.

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Opinion

Republicans just faceplanted on the biggest stage there is

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Opinion

These are the bald-faced lies Republicans are telling about health care

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Analysis

The winning hypocrisy of Theresa May

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Opinion

How the establishment throttled President Trump

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Opinion

Why the Republicans' civil war is a sign of political strength

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Feature

How to live a fulfilling life on the internet

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Opinion

President Trump has made a familiar mistake in the Middle East

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Opinion

Why health-care reform is a dead end for Republicans — or anyone

President Trump speaks to the joint session of Congress

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Opinion

Trump's address to Congress shows he's finally figuring out how to be the president

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Analysis

President Trump's big speech

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Opinion

What do nationalists want?

Marine Le Pen and her supporters sing the French national anthem.

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Opinion

Were Trump voters motivated by racism or economic anxiety? France offers a clue.

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Opinion

The arrogant thinking of liberal sports writers

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Opinion

Will Trump make a populist pivot on ObamaCare?

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Opinion

The European Spring is almost upon us

President Trump didn't know what he signed up for.

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Opinion

The Trump presidency is overwhelmed and overwhelming

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Opinion

The doddering establishment

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Opinion

America is not innocent. But it is exceptional.

Michael Flynn has had his eyes set on Iran.

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Analysis

How Iran hawks are already scuttling the realism of the Trump administration

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Opinion

Neil Gorsuch is the Supreme Court pick Donald Trump had to make