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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Academic freedom, attacked left and right
opinion The university has a unique mission. Does anyone remember what it is?
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Why urban decline could be good — even for cities
opinion How decentralization of wealth and status could make America more stable and resilient
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Rowdy protests aren't violence — yet
opinion If every disagreement is a potential threat, politics becomes impossible
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The recurring problem with the MacArthur 'genius' grants
opinion Must every genius be liberal?
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What Democrats really think about parents
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Good riddance, Angela Merkel
opinion Merkel promised to uphold liberalism, democracy, and European cooperation. She left them weaker in almost everything she touched.
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Let science fiction be weird again
opinion The genre has become technically accomplished, deeply serious, and utterly boring
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The American elite will be female
opinion How women conquered college — and the future
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Americans just want their schools left alone
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Biden chooses the wrong Bible verse
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Harvard's new chaplain is an atheist. Is that a contradiction?
opinion What the rise of humanism reveals about a university founded by Puritans
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Afghanistan collapsed. U.S. alliances won't.
opinion Why the fall of Kabul is unlikely to damage America's relations with the rest of the world
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The problem with academic funding, in 1 ironic scandal
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The Orwell Foundation gives in to cancel culture
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How American Jews lost by winning
opinion On the triumph and the tragedy of the American Jewish story
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Trump's little win in Ohio
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American indifference to Cuba is the end of an era
opinion So closes an expansive vision of American foreign policy that extends back to 1898
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Fertility is the real culture war
opinion What the pandemic baby bust reveals about our fears
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PayPal recklessly forays into regulating speech
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The polls don't work — and that's a good thing
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Mainline Protestantism is America's phantom limb
opinion Mainline Protestantism is dying. Will American Christianity survive?
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Stop calling the U.S. an oligarchy
feature Despite its dwindling reputation, American democracy is far healthier than its peers in Europe
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