Opinion
Argument and analysis from the desks, marked plainly as opinion.
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Why Both Parties Learned to Fear Boredom
Entertainment politics arrives early.
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Both Parties Discovered Speech They Prefer to Ban
The same tools, rebranded by team color.
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Why Centrism Is Not Cowardice
A defense of checking claims before joining a side.
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The Middle Is Not a Demographic, It Is a Method
How to read claims when both teams are performing.
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Triangulation Is Not a Personality
Governing from the middle without becoming mush.
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The Press as a Party and as a Trade
How a paper can fail by flattering either room.
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Polarization as a Business Model
Outrage is a product both sides purchase.
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The Culture War Prototype
How television trained audiences to pick teams first.
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The Blog Era and the End of Shared Facts
When everyone has a press pass and no copy desk.
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How to Read the Intelligencer (and Any Other Paper)
A field guide for readers who refuse tunnel vision from either pole.