The headlines—that an 80-year-old Ed Markey defeated a 47-year-old Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ Democratic primary—sound like a story about age and vigor. They are not.
By Grant Colby ·
The headlines today are about two vastly different people—a Congresswoman discussing egg freezing costs, and a White House press secretary announcing her departure after giving birth.
By Grant Colby ·
The American press, it seems, has developed a peculiar talent for mistaking private life for public policy.
By Dana Whitfield ·
The American political stage has always been a spectacle of carefully curated vulnerability, but nothing quite matches the theatrical nature of Rep.
By Grant Colby ·
The language of possibility, it seems, is the most dangerous commodity in modern politics.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
The arithmetic of American political power is rarely simple; it is always a ledger book where one side pays the interest for the other's debt.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The whole spectacle in Michigan is a master class in political theater—a lot of shouting about "the machine" and "progress"—but I keep running my eye back to the spreadsheet.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The American progressive left has mistaken a charismatic figure—a brand, if you will—for an enduring economic model.
By Bram de Vries ·