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Opinion | The Story Biden Ought to Be Telling in This Debate

The New York Times
To win on Thursday, Biden will have to override his instincts and defy the constraints and conventions of presidential debates.
5 months ago

What Can’t You Say These Days?

The New York Times
In “The Indispensable Right,” Jonathan Turley argues that the First Amendment has been deeply compromised from the start.
5 months ago

Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Broken. Where’s Biden? (Published 2022)

The New York Times
The court's conservative justices have issued a run of rulings that make it harder for many Americans, particularly citizens of color, to vote.
26 months ago

Review | America needed a space race hero. John Glenn was the obvious choice.

Washington Post
Jeff Shesol recounts the astronaut's dazzling career and role in the Cold War-era faceoff.
42 months ago

Jeff Shesol ’91 discusses new book on space race, Cold War

The Brown Daily Herald
Jeff Shesol '91 discussed his new book, “Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War,” which discusses the space race.
38 months ago

Was the Space Program Worth the Cost? (Published 2021)

The New York Times
MERCURY RISING. John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War. By Jeff Shesol. Hyperbole shrouds few topics in history...
41 months ago

The State of the State of the Union? A Mess

The New Yorker
“I must say to you,” President Gerald Ford said to us, in 1975, “that the state of the Union is not good.” In the same spirit of candor,...
130 months ago

Is There Fascist DNA in the U.S. Body Politic? (Published 2023)

The New York Times
Rachel Maddow's “Prequel” and Heather Cox Richardson's “Democracy Awakening” follow plots against America hatched by homegrown autocrats.
13 months ago

Fresh Air Interviews: Writer Jeff Shesol on FDR's Losing Battle To Pack The Supreme Court

NPR
In 1937, frustrated by a conservative Supreme Court that struck down a series of his New Deal programs, President Franklin Roosevelt set...
175 months ago

The Message in Republican Victory Speeches

The New Yorker
When children dream of growing up to be speechwriters—I remain convinced that such children exist—their young minds must imagine drafting an...
120 months ago