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The Three Best Things That Happened in American Politics in 2022

Much of the year in politics in 2022 was occupied, in one way or another, by Donald Trump, despite the fact that it’s now almost two years…

6 min readJan 1, 2023

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The Three Best Things That Happened in American Politics in 2022

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The Biggest Victim of Elon Musk Buying Twitter Has Been … Tesla?

On October 27 of this year, Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter and became the company’s CEO. Earlier that day, the…

4 min readDec 31, 2022

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The Biggest Victim of Elon Musk Buying Twitter Has Been … Tesla?

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George Santos Made Up An Entire Life for Himself. And As of Tuesday, He’ll Be a Congressman.

The George Santos story just keeps getting weirder, because the list of lies he’s told over the past few years just keeps getting longer…

5 min readDec 31, 2022

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George Santos Made Up An Entire Life for Himself. And As of Tuesday, He’ll Be a Congressman.

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What Do Sam Bankman-Fried’s Weird Ideas About Risk Have to Do With FTX’s Collapse?

2022 was, you might say, the year when grifters got their just deserts. The year began with the conviction of Theranos founder Elizabeth…

5 min readDec 31, 2022

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What Do Sam Bankman-Fried’s Weird Ideas About Risk Have to Do With FTX’s Collapse?

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Republicans Are Trying to Figure Out Why They Flopped on Election Day.

In the wake of Republicans’ disappointing performance in this year’s midterm elections, when they netted only a handful of House seats and…

4 min readDec 1, 2022

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Republicans Are Trying to Figure Out Why They Flopped on Election Day.

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FTX’s Collapse Isn’t Just About Fraud.

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s live interview today with the New York Times’ Andrew Sorkin at the paper’s Dealbook conference…

4 min readDec 1, 2022

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FTX’s Collapse Isn’t Just About Fraud.

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The Republican Party’s Problem is the Republican Base

Running hard-right MAGA candidates in swing states is a recipe for defeat. But the GOP base loves them.

4 min readNov 11, 2022

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The Republican Party’s Problem is the Republican Base

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Elon Musk Is Approaching Twitter As If Its Users Are Interchangeable. Is He Right?

Since taking over Twitter last week, Elon Musk has found himself embroiled in multiple controversies, including his clashes with two of the…

4 min readNov 4, 2022

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Elon Musk Is Approaching Twitter As If Its Users Are Interchangeable. Is He Right?

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Seeing Without Seeing: The Perplexing Reality of Inattentional Blindness

4 min readNov 1, 2022

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Seeing Without Seeing: The Perplexing Reality of Inattentional Blindness

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Dr. Oz, Abortion, and “Local Political Leaders”: Anatomy of a Gaffe

One of the great coinages in the lexicon of history of writing about American politics is the Kinsley gaffe, which the political columnist…

3 min readNov 1, 2022

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Dr. Oz, Abortion, and “Local Political Leaders”: Anatomy of a Gaffe

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James Surowiecki

James Surowiecki

I’m the author of The Wisdom of Crowds. I’ve been a business columnist for Slate and The New Yorker and written for a wide range of other publications.

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