The Long View
Julian Zelizer, Jonathan Alter, Michael A. Cohen, Jonathan Cohn, Truth Be Told, Amie Parnes, Common Sense Coalition, masonbwilliamsHave we ever seen this before? Let's put the news in perspective and take the long view with political historian Professor Julian Zelizer.
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Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of The Long View newsletter on Substack. Zelizer, the author and editor of 28 books, is also a columnist for Foreign Policy.
Old Goats: Ruminating With Friends. https://oldgoats.substack.com/ Author of books on FDR, Obama, Carter and Trump; historian; journalist; documentary filmmaker. Emily's husband; Charlotte, Tommy and Molly's dad; Rosie, Louisa and Charlie's Pops.
Senior Fellow at The Center for Strategic Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University; Columnist MSNBC, Less-Suffering Lions Fan
Writer, The Bulwark ... Author, SICK (2007) and THE TEN YEAR WAR (2021) ... Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines, Billy Joel ... Proud husband & dad
Former Senate staffer and Clinton administration trade official. Author of three books about the Senate.
We're a bipartisan and non-partisan group of experts, former government officials, former military officers, academics, and scholars. Our goal: To hold the Trump administration accountable for the damage done to our country.
Historian at Williams College. Author of City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York (2013) and City of Fortune: Inequality and the Making of Contemporary New York (2026).
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