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Let’s Raise a Glass to the Midterms—Where the Popular Vote Actually Decides
Winston Churchill, Dec. 30, 1941, portrait by Yousuf Karsh.
By Michael Judge
You know what that peaceful feeling you woke up with today is? It’s a well-functioning democracy, untainted by less direct and less democratic ways of choosing o...
Half Moon Bay
A gray whale breaches near Half Moon Bay, Calif. © Rhys Watkin
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Half Moon Bay
for Christopher Merrill
Once the i...
The Enemies of Liberalism
The mirrored facade of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago (iStock).
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FROM THE TFP ARCHIVES
Sept. 16, 2022
By Michael Judge
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Sergey Maidukov: My Mother’s Last Words
“A man protects his family in times of danger; a woman protects her family every day.” — Sergey Maidukov. The artwork above is a woodcut by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), titled Die Mütter (The Mothers), created in 1921–22. K...
The Orchard Keeper
Three goddesses at the Judgement of Paris painted by Simon Vouet (1590–1649) National Museum in Lublin
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The Orchard Keeper
for Czes...
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Michael Judge is a poet, journalist, and former WSJ writer and editor. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Politico, NPR, and The Literary Review, among other publications.
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