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Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy
Tom Nichols
2021
A graphic of the acronym G.O.P in the style of Nazi lettering.

The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem

How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?
by Tom Nichols via The Atlantic
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on February 23, 2026
Collage of Richard Nixon and vintage images of mushroom clouds.

The President’s Weapon

Why does the power to launch nuclear weapons rest with a single American?
by Tom Nichols via The Atlantic
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on June 26, 2025
Spock and Kirk in a scene from Star Trek.

Star Trek’s Cold War

While America was fighting on the ground, the Federation was fighting in space.
by Tom Nichols via The Atlantic
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on December 26, 2024
George Washington

The Moment of Truth

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.
by Tom Nichols via The Atlantic
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on October 9, 2024

The Myth of the Golden Years

Whether economic times are good or bad, the lament for the old days of factories and mills never changes.
by Tom Nichols via The Atlantic
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on August 4, 2021
Ronald Reagan and popular musicians from 1980s, black and white collage with colorful shapes

I Want My Mutually Assured Destruction

How 1980s MTV helped my students understand the Cold War.
by Tom Nichols via The Atlantic
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on May 8, 2021
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