Spencer Critchley

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Patriots of Two Nations: Why Trump Was Inevitable and What Happens Next

The overlooked, deeper reason for our current division date to the Founding: America is two nations, inhabiting two realities.

2020

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Stories

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Here’s Why Arguing With Trump Supporters Doesn’t Work — and Here’s What Will.

One of the reasons we’re so divided is that we never agreed what kind of nation we should be: civic or ethnic. The Founders believed they…

May 9, 2020

Stained glass window depicting WIlliam Wallace at the Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland via Otter / CC BY-SA

May 9, 2020

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Bernie Isn’t Really a Socialist, But Everyone Thinks He Is. That’s a Very Big Problem.

I’ll have no hesitation voting for Bernie if he becomes the nominee, but if he does, I’ll want him to win — the country will need him to…

Jan 30, 2020

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Smacked Around by the Schoolyard Bully, Congressional Democrats Threaten to Maybe Someday Do…

I often call out Republicans in Congress for their cowardice and complicity in the face of Trump’s assault on our democracy. But many…

Sep 21, 2019

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Beto: Wrong on Guns, Right on Guts

Are Democrats impeaching the president?

Sep 15, 2019

Sep 15, 2019

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Branding and Incantation

One thing that President Trump understands is branding, although with “steel slats” I really think he’s losing his touch (panic will do…

Dec 20, 2018

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Trump Isn’t Getting Better, America Is Getting Worse

After the shock of Donald Trump winning the presidency, the hope many of us clung to was that he would grow in office.

Oct 28, 2018

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The Fourth Domain of War

Russia, with less than a tenth of our military budget, is defeating the United States in a war we can’t even see.

Jul 21, 2018

Jul 21, 2018

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I Fit the Democratic Party’s Message on a Post-It® Note — and Had Room Left for the GOP’s

This’ll be short—really short. I got tired of hearing about the Democratic Party struggling to define what it stands for, so I thought I’d…

Apr 17, 2018

I Fit the Democratic Party’s Message on a Post-It® Note — and Had Room Left for the GOP’s

Apr 17, 2018

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Why Liberals Lose, “Intersectionality” Edition

As I’ve written before, although more Americans self-identify as conservatives, they like liberal policies. They just don’t like liberals:

Mar 26, 2018

Why Liberals Lose, “Intersectionality” Edition

Mar 26, 2018

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After Trump, Prepare for the Shame: A Warning for Americans From Occupied France

With the Liberation of France in 1944 came a miraculous discovery: the entire nation had resisted the German occupation.

Feb 9, 2018

After Trump, Prepare for the Shame: A Warning for Americans From Occupied France

Feb 9, 2018