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The Indefatigable John Adams

Sep 14, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Daniel N. Gullotta |Thomas Sheppard |Jonah Goldberg |Thomas Koenig

Lindsay M. Chervinsky’s ‘Making the Presidency’ examines the second president’s legacy anew. Published September 14, 2024 Every few years, organizations like Siena College and C-SPAN ask historians, political scientists, and presidential biographers to rank the best U.S. presidents. The results invariably spark debate among academics and the public alike, and the whole exercise has become an amusing, if somewhat cynical, pastime.
More Than the Washington CliffsNotes

Jul 6, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Grayson Logue |Ben Rolsma |Thomas Koenig |Mathis Bitton

Carlos Lozada, an opinion columnist at the New York Times and former book reviewer at the Washington Post, has taken it upon himself to do something rarely done in Washington: the homework. Over several years, he has read (typically multiple times) the new texts of contemporary American politics—the campaign biographies, the presidential memoirs, the staffer tell-alls, the “Trump books”—and documented his journey in hundreds of articles.
Tired of the candidates picked to represent your party? There is a better way to run primaries. | Opinion

Jul 5, 2024 | inquirer.com | Thomas Koenig

Politics has grown more partisan and polarized, both nationally and here in Pennsylvania. That’s partly our fault: We have drifted apart more and more into two warring factions. But the political system as currently constructed exacerbates our divisions. It produces legislative bodies in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., that are even more divided and dysfunctional than we are. And that’s saying something.
Happy Fourth of July!

Jul 4, 2024 | thedispatch.com | David Stewart |Ben Rolsma |Thomas Koenig |Jonah Goldberg

Happy Thursday! And happy Fourth of July! No TMD today—though there are new episodes of The Dispatch Podcast, Advisory Opinions, and The Remnant. Before you head out for the parade, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to (re)-read the growing list of Independence Day reflections spanning American history that we’ve compiled over the years. Sure, there are plenty of reasons not to feel all that patriotic right now, but ours is a pretty incredible country, warts and all.
Larry Hogan should reform the filibuster

Jun 20, 2024 | baltimoresun.com | Thomas Harvey |Thomas Koenig

As November's general election nears, Larry Hogan is making his pitch to Marylanders as an independent-minded, would-be maverick in the Senate. Recently, the former governor aired a TV ad promising that neither Republicans nor Democrats will be able to count on his vote in the Senate. Hogan's independent streak raises a question: What does he think of the Senate filibuster? The filibuster, of course, is the Senate rule that prevents most bills from passing without a supermajority of 60 votes.
The Polarized SCOTUS That Wasn’t

Jun 19, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Sarah Isgur |Thomas Koenig |Nick Catoggio

Ineptitude in Congress and the media polarize the Supreme Court. Published June 19, 2024 Conventional wisdom suggests that the Supreme Court, like the country, is deeply divided along partisan and ideological lines. But this overlooks the court’s historic recent run of unanimous decisions and the fact that the liberal and conservative justices often don’t vote as blocs.
Tribological Behavior of Hydrocarbons in Rolling Contact

Jun 3, 2024 | mdpi.com | Daniel J. Merk |Thomas Koenig |Janine Fritz |Joerg W. H

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What Are Economists Actually Good For?

May 27, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Jamie Weinstein |Douglas A. Ollivant |Grayson Logue |Thomas Koenig

Jamie Weinstein is the host of Monday’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Dispatch, he was the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show.
Panics and Maniacs

May 25, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Thomas Koenig |Reilly Stephens |Kevin Williamson

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership

May 25, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Thomas Koenig |Tal Fortgang |Tim Rice |Stephanie Murray

Leaders fail in different ways. Some are leaders in name only. They have followers aplenty yet live by the mantra of the 19th-century French politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (oft-cited by Jonah Goldberg), “There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.” Any casual observer of modern American politics is depressingly familiar with these “leaders.” But other leaders fail to attract followers to a cause or idea, even a worthy one.