Democrats Deserved to Lose
They have tried to do a zillion different things and done them badly, at great expense.
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Kevin Dietsch / Getty Harris’s Plan Is Economically Dumb but Politically Smart
The vice president’s campaign promises make no sense to people acquainted with supply and demand—but they might win elections.
Julia Beverly / Getty New York’s Governor Is Inept
Spiking congestion pricing at the last second was terrible policy, and terrible politics.
Karsten Moran / The New York Times / Redux Sonia Sotomayor Should Retire Now
If she leaves the Court this year, President Joe Biden will nominate a young and reliably liberal judge to replace her.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP. American Universities Are Post-truth
Neither conservatives nor liberals trust academic institutions, because they are dishonest.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Jonathan Knowles / Getty.
