Year: 2016

New Irish Government formed

After 70 days of Political paralysis in Ireland, Enda Kenny has become the first Fine Gael Taoiseach to be re-elected to that role, and also the first leader of a country that underwent a Troika bail-out programme to be...

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This is What a Landslide Election Looks Like

It’s not too strong to say that Jeb Bush and the dynasty he represents were humiliated by Donald Trump, so it’s really not a surprise that neither his father nor his brother will be making the trek to Cleveland to...

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Sidney Blumenthal on Abraham Lincoln

We have a sneak peak at our upcoming June/July/August issue of the Washington Monthly. Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College in...

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Taco Bowl Trump

This is pretty presidential, and the first comment is priceless. Also, at least in my experience, Mexicans don’t like the term ‘Hispanics’ and prefer to be called Latinos. Don’t tell...

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