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Is Trump a tyrant?

John Fea   |  September 10, 2024

It depends what you mean by tyrant. Over at Engelsberg Ideas, historian Edmund Stewart brings some necessary context. Here is a taste: Trump is clearly not a tyrant yet. Will he become one? American institutions are stronger than many of […]

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn on Bridgerton

John Fea   |  May 28, 2021

If you like Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s writing at Current, you will also enjoy her recent piece at Zocalo Public Square. Here is a taste: “Everything is broken,” repeated the chorus of a Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album Oh Mercy—strings (guitar, […]