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The framers had one big point. Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Celebrating the True Meaning of Politics on July 4th

by JONATHAN BERNSTEIN | Jul 3, 2017 | Opinion

It’s time for July 4th, otherwise known as Independence Day. It’s one of my favorite holidays for all the reasons you’d suspect: flags, patriotic songs, and fireworks. But I’m uneasy with the trend towards making the US military might the...

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President Barack Obama at a press conference at the White House. REUTERS, Joshua Roberts

Obama Can Make His Successor’s Life Easier

by JONATHAN BERNSTEIN | Aug 6, 2016 | Opinion

With the political conventions over, both candidates should be hard at work on something we’re not going to see much of until November: the presidential transition. It’s the setting in motion of the actual administrations that Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump...