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Tom Nichols

“Gabbard is stunningly unqualified for almost any Cabinet post…but especially for ODNI. She has no qualifications as an intelligence professional—literally none.” 

John Fea   |  November 14, 2024

Tom Nichols is a former professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College and is now a writer a The Atlantic. Here is his take on Donald Trump’s appointment of former Democratic representative Tulsi Gabbard as director of national […]

If Trump wins, it may be BECAUSE of his depravity

John Fea   |  October 24, 2024

This week learned from The Atlantic and from The New York Times that Donald Trump is a big Adolph Hitler fan. Tom Nichols at The Atlantic writes: “Many Americans know exactly who Trump is, and they like it.” A taste: […]

What J.D. Vance said about Donald Trump on July 4, 2016:

John Fea   |  July 15, 2024

Trump’s vice presidential pick, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, was once a never-Trumper: On July 4, 2016, Vance wrote an Atlantic piece titled “Opioid of the Masses.” The subtitle was: “To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s […]

Is it OK to like Barry Manilow’s music?

John Fea   |  September 29, 2023

In fifteen years of blogging I think this is my first Barry Manilow post. I’ll join Tom Nichols of The Atlantic in admitting that I sometimes listen to Manilow’s music. (Though I have never seen him in concert.) Here is […]

Arthur Brooks: “Google isn’t grad school”

John Fea   |  July 6, 2023

According to public intellectual Arthur Brooks, the internet has created “an explosion of nonsense.” He’s right. Let’s take my discipline of American history for example. If you read this blog, you know that there is a lot of bad history […]

Tom Nichols: “The United States now faces a different kind of violence, from people who believe in nothing…”

John Fea   |  August 17, 2022

Political scientist Tom Nichols largely rejects the comparison between our current age and the United States Civil War. As he puts it, “at least the Civil war…was about something.” Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: The […]

Anti-Trump Republicans will gather for the “Principles First” summit

John Fea   |  February 21, 2022

They will meet this weekend at the National Press Club. Speakers include Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Denver Riggleman, Geoff Duncan, Brad Raffensperger, Alexander Vindman, Joe Walsh, Barbara Comstock, Bill Kristol, Charlie Sykes, Tom Nichols, Peter Wehner, and Harry Dunn. Meanwhile, […]

Tom Nichols: All Christmas specials are terrible except…

John Fea   |  December 18, 2021

Here is Nichols at The Atlantic: Let’s begin with the granddaddy of them all, the stop-motion puppet show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Produced by the team of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass in 1964, Rudolph became an industry, spawning toys and collectibles and […]