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Robert Lacey

On Authenticity: Townes Van Zandt, Natasha Rostova, and the “Uncles”

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There is a famous scene in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace in which Countess Natasha Rostova, recently betrothed and enjoying the last days of youth, goes with her brothers to the rustic home of a distant relative—or “Uncle,” as they call him—after a long and exhilarating day of hunting.  Slender and graceful, Natasha cuts a…

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The Filibuster and the Ghost of Calhoun

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On October 15 of last year, Elizabeth Warren faced an onslaught from her more centrist rivals in the presidential debate. Speaking about the importance of reaching across the aisle in the spirit of bipartisanship, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar criticized Warren for being too far to the left, endorsing Medicare for All and other…

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A Republic, If We Can Keep It

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Robert J. Lacey Introduction The insurrection on January 6, 2021 was one of the darkest hours in American political history.  If there were any doubts that we live in desperate times, the images from that day have dispelled them for good.  Searching for causes, many commentators have pointed to our fragmented media landscape and to the echo…

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