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Machine Men

The on-again, off-again, and finally on-again relationship of Tammany Hall’s most famous twentieth-century alumni.

Fall 2018, No. 50 – 11 MIN READ

Are the Parties Dying?

By Christopher Caldwell David Karol Michael Kazin Frances Lee

Spring 2018, No. 48 – 43 MIN READ

Conservative Defenses of the GOP's Tax Bill Are Getting Creative

Some thoughts on penmanship and partisanship, in the 18th century and now.

By Nathan Pippenger

December 5, 2017, 3:58 pm – 4 MIN READ

What Compares to Trump

Fall 2017, No. 46 – 1 MIN READ

"Civilization in the Highest?"

By Brandon R. Byrd

Fall 2017, No. 46 – 5 MIN READ

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