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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Analysis

Why TrumpTV would thrive

A legacy in the balance and two wars at play.

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Opinion

Will Obama foolishly escalate his secret wars?

If this is Clinton's foreign policy, we should have none of it.

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Opinion

Let's hope Hillary Clinton is lying about Syria and Russia

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Opinion

Donald Trump did everything he could at the debate. Was it enough?

Donald Trump will have to pray for a successful debate.

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Opinion

Donald Trump's campaign is in crisis. He needs a miracle in tonight's debate.

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Opinion

Mike Pence's bizarro world

Hillary's hawkishness has attracted the support of several neocons.

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Opinion

The social justice case for Hillary Clinton ends at America's borders

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Analysis

Would America's bureaucrats sabotage a Trump presidency?

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Opinion

The case against esoteric Trumpism

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Opinion

How Monday night's debate became a clash of caricatures

Donald Trump should give it his all tonight.

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Opinion

Why Donald Trump should double down on crazy at tonight's debate

Feeling ignored by the government? Trump's got your back.

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Opinion

Millions of American men aren't working. Donald Trump is the only one speaking for them.

Would a Trump presidency have the ability to destroy the United States?

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Analysis

The limits of a Trump presidency

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Analysis

How journalism got exploited by hackers

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Analysis

A field guide to Republicans' tangled relationship with Vladimir Putin

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Feature

America is losing its longest war

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Feature

How the GOP burned a generation of political talent

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Opinion

How the media internalized Donald Trump's abysmally low standards

Trump-branded heroin has been found throughout the Northeast.

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Analysis

America is suffering from a heroin epidemic. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton don't seem to care.

Donald Trump is setting his supporters up for failure.

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Opinion

How Donald Trump shattered his own movement

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Opinion

Why the EU overplayed its hand against Apple

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Opinion

Sympathy for Anthony Weiner

Donald Trump's thoughts on immigration are as unpredictable as can be expected.

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Opinion

How Donald Trump destroyed immigration reform

In some way, most conform to the fashions of society.

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Opinion

The tricky politics of the burkini backlash

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Analysis

Does the commissioner of baseball understand baseball?

Trump has missed so many opportunities to target Hillary.

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Opinion

Donald Trump has made this election all about himself. That was stupid.

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Opinion

Donald Trump, the clickbait candidate

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Analysis

How Republicans can rebuild after their civil war

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Opinion

Obama will leave his successor a ticking time bomb

Alex Rodriguez has spent 13 years with the Yankees.

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Analysis

A-Rod deserved better

How would a Hillary Clinton administration handle the White House?

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Analysis

The curse of a Clinton landslide

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Opinion

America is losing its longest war

Sick of the establishment? A Hillary presidency is sure to put an end to it.

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Opinion

The anti-establishment case for Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump speaks at a Town Hall event in New Hampshire.

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Opinion

Donald Trump's character counts

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Opinion

It's no longer Democrat versus Republican. It's aspiration versus anxiety.

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Opinion

America is more divided than ever. So why is Obama optimistic?