Leaders across the political spectrum have figured out how easily they can motivate people with anger, fear and domination.

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Leaders across the political spectrum have figured out how easily they can motivate people with anger, fear and domination.

David Brooks, E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel take a temperature check on Trump’s second term.

I don’t think the left grasps reality in all its fullness.

China has been displaying intellectual and innovative vitality for decades and the United States has scarcely mobilized.