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Robert David Sullivan
Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine. From 2013 to 2016 he wrote a political column called (Un)Conventional Wisdom.
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Obama and Trump are not what they’re paying for
Big donors are complaining about their bad investments in presidential politics.
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Are Trump supporters buying his signals rather than his specifics?
Outrageous statements can become ends in themselves.
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No-drama Obama makes few ripples with terrorism speech
The president can’t cross divide on perceptions of threat from ISIS.
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Half the people have spoken clearly on new gun laws.
Anti-government voters have driven the shift against gun control.
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American voters don’t all share the same economy
The U.S. is divided over whether things are O.K. or terrible.
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New polls show a dissolving of the American consensus
Americans don’t trust each other, and they trust the government even less
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Trump may not fade before Groundhog Day
The Republican frontrunner benefits from resentment against the media.
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Lightning strikes, and a pro-life Democrat elected in Louisiana
Claiming the political center works, at least when scandal lends a hand.
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Syrian refugees deserve more than NIMBYism
Politicians who exploit fears deserve all mockery they get.