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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Mar 1
The Right’s Concern About Cancel Culture is Much Ado about Nothing
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 26
Republicans are Incapable of Not Being Awful to Trans People
And to make matters worse, they’re using…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 24
The Mendacity of Manchin
The West Virginia senator’s opposition to Neera Tanden is as dishonest as it…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 23
Learning to Quit Trump is Both Easier and Harder than It Sounds
In order to truly heal, perhaps…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 19
Maybe the “Forgotten People” that Rush Limbaugh Championed Deserve to be Forgotten
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 16
Everyone Calm Down — The Democrats are Still in Charge
And, given the trends in the GOP, that’s a very…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 12
Our Thought Leaders Are Failing Us
And they keep getting worse.
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 9
Why Biden is Striking the Right Note on Bipartisanship and Impeachment
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 5
The GOP Has an Even Bigger Problem than its Politicians — Its Voters
We need to start admitting that…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Feb 3
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Scaramucci?
A tense conversation between MSNBC host Tiffany Cross and…
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