James Fallows

One speech permanently influenced American diplomacy—and not for the better.

There are superficial similarities, but what we’re seeing now is something completely new.

Democrats should proudly trumpet the New Deal — and extend it.

Warnings against "normalizing" outrageous political acts misstate the problem. It’s never the immediate present that gets normalized — it’s the not-so-distant past.

Its text and context don’t ensure an unlimited individual right to bear any kind and number of weapons by anyone.

On the utopian origins of Dilbert's workspace.