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Capitalism and democracy are weakening – reviving the idea of ‘calling’ can help to repair them

Ask someone what a calling is, and they’ll probably say something like “doing work you love.” But as a management professor who has spent two decades researching the history and impact of calling, I’ve found it’s much more than personal fulfillment.

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McCarthyism, Past—and Present?

Clay Risen's Red Scare book wrongly frames it as an exclusively conservative hysteria.

Reason

New Deal Justices and MAGA Justices

FDR appointed Hugo Black because he was a "thumping, evangelical New Dealer." Why can't Trump want a "thumping, evangelical MAGA warrior"?

Reason

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‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus

For centuries, the academy was exclusive to the Christian elite. When that began to change, an onslaught began

The Guardian - US

Trump's Tariffs Violate the Constitutional Separation of Powers

The Supreme Court has ample precedent to rule against Trump’s trade war.

Reason

Trump’s third term trial balloon: how extremist ideas become mainstream

The president has been testing the waters by suggesting he could run again, a familiar playbook of the Maga movement – and a distraction tactic

The Guardian - US

Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution – the story of the 22nd Amendment

Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons.

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What Trump Should Learn From the Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase

Trump wants to purge the federal bench of judges who disagree with him. Thomas Jefferson did too, and it didn't work out.

Reason

George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government

During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business. True to his word, upon retaking office, Trump put tech billionaire Elon Musk at the head of a new group in the executive branch called the Department of Government Efficiency.

The Conversation

What’s a constitutional crisis? Here’s how Trump’s recent moves are challenging the Constitution’s separation of powers

In a short few weeks, President Donald Trump has upended many core parts and functions of the U.S. government. He dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and fired thousands of government employees. He has also fired several inspectors general and board members of independent agencies.

The Conversation

Trump is tearing up the transatlantic alliance. Can Starmer’s US visit change the weather?

As the US president turns on allies and embraces Russia, can the UK prime minister persuade Trump to listen to Europe’s concerns

The Guardian - UK

How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends

Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry.

The Conversation

Trump Has Good Reason To Complain About Limits on His Ability To Fire Executive Officers

His position is grounded in concerns about the separation of powers that presidents of both major parties have raised for many years.

Reason

If Trump really cared about his ‘favourite’ US president, he would leave Gaza and Greenland alone

He eulogises the 25th incumbent, William McKinley, but on tariffs and imperialism, Trump is learning the wrong lessons, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The Independent UK

William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102

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Could Trump Serve Three Terms? Scenarios Unfold Amid Rep. Ogles' Push To Change 22nd Amendment

Andy Ogles' proposed resolution to change 22nd Amendment is unlikely to receive support from Democrats, especially with Donald Trump currently in office.

International Business Times

MAGA Congressman Wants To Amend Constitution To Allow Trump To Serve 3rd Term

Andy Ogles' proposed resolution to change the 22nd Amendment is unlikely to receive support from Democrats.

The Conversation

Warning of ‘oligarchy,’ Biden channels Andrew Jackson

In some circumstances, a president’s official Farewell Address to the Nation may be an occasion for sunny reflection. President Joe Biden’s, delivered five days before he left office, began that way, with a celebration of America’s promise and of its progress under his tenure.

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The Guardian - US

Biden was a remarkably consequential one-term president

His greatest successes came in domestic policy. Inheriting a post-pandemic economy, Biden orchestrated the best recovery in the industrial world

The Guardian - US

An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return

To admirers, Biden will remain one of the most consequential one-term presidents in US history – to detractors, he was undone by a fatal flaw

The Conversation

A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else.

The Guardian - US

Mafia Don? Trump and other presidents who flirted with the mob

A new book looks into the complicated relationship between the mob and the White House from Roosevelt to Biden

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Presidents' Unique Christmas Traditions Throughout History

U.S. presidents have unique Christmas traditions, from Biden's White House sleepover to Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits.

Reason

Blaming Bill Buckley for Racism, January 6, and More

Historian David Austin Walsh tries and fails to rebut Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism thesis.

The Guardian - UK

‘There are images no leader ever wants to be seen’: 33 pivotal US presidential moments captured on camera

From the intimate to the infamous, these pictures of US commanders-in-chief (and a few also-rans) capture moments of tragedy and hope at the heart of the White House

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