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I’m a historian. The act of predicting the future discomfits me, in any event – and the bigger the prediction, the more distrusting I am.

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Rick Perlstein

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When conservatives talk to one another, pay attention: they say what they want to do, and mean it. And will do just about anything to get there – even, or especially, claiming that they don’t want to do the thing they want to do, until the time is ripe, and they can do it.

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Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That’s me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).

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May 26, 2024

Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That’s me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).

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May 26, 2024

When conservatives talk to one another, pay attention: they say what they want to do, and mean it. And will do just about anything to get there – even, or especially, claiming that they don’t want to do the thing they want to do, until the time is ripe, and they can do it.

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