Michael Brendan Dougherty
author of My Father Left Me Ireland due out this spring. Senior Writer, National Review. Founder of The Slurve
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John Brennan, ex-CIA chief, offers mea culpa on Trump: ‘I don’t know if I received bad information’
Former CIA chief John O. Brennan now says his months of attacks on President Trump may have been based on “bad information.”
Maybe Because They Could
Can I suggest another possible answer to David Frum’s question: ‘Why?’ Because they could.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
Okay so there was no collusion, and my friend wonders why Russia would hack Hillary Clinton.
I suggest an alternative answer.
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Join the Exploratory Staff of Mike Gravel for President 2020
Though we are still in the early stages of creating a campaign, we are soliciting interested parties for volunteer positions on our exploratory staff. The roles would be focused on building a national media-centered issues campaign focused on...
Our Shared Electoral College
Eliminating it could lead to the elimination of the two-party system.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
@yeselson @DouthatNYT @DamonLinker I took a different route. I think the EC is holding our two party system together, and it’s the two party system that moderates our politics, and knits the country together, even if we don’t feel like it right now
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Macron will send army to tackle France’s yellow‑vest protests
President Macron was criticised across France yesterday after he ordered the army on to the streets to help police tackle yellow-vest protesters. Up to 7,000 soldiers armed with assault rifles will...
China’s Uyghur detention camps may be the largest mass incarceration since the Holocaust
Over the last few years, a network of enormous detention camps has sprung up across China’s remote northern province of Xinjiang. According to the US State Department, the United Nations and other researchers and activists, they may hold at least a...
The psychology behind Trump’s fear of self-driving cars
Anxiety over automated transportation goes back more than 100 years.
Eight Years of Corrosive Lies about Syria
When will America’s leaders tell the truth about our role in the conflict?
Home Office refuses Christian convert asylum by quoting Bible passages that 'prove Christianity is not peaceful'
Campaigners say case demonstrates 'distortion of logic' and 'reckless' approach to asylum seekers' lives
Mel Gibson is a cop on the edge in the equally queasy and thrilling Dragged Across Concrete
In more ways than one, and true to its title, Dragged Across Concrete is abrasive. It comes from the mind of S. Craig Zahler, whose last grisly, leisurely, and evocatively named genre experiment, Brawl In Cell Block 99, climaxed with some rather...
In Defense of the Electoral College
In our era of viciously divisive politics, the states are arguably more necessary than they have ever been.
The Rise of Unfreedom in the West
Our tradition of free debate, the sine qua non of democratic life, is increasingly under attack in academia, the media, and politics.
Cory Booker Teased The Possibility Of A White House Wedding With Rosario Dawson
“She’s just an incredible human being,” Booker told Ellen DeGeneres.
J.K. Rowling Reveals Dumbledore and Grindelwald Had an ‘Incredibly Intense' Sexual Relationship
J.K. Rowling provided more intimate details regarding Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s relationship on the ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Blu-ray.
Faith in the Flesh
Read this article on Questia.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
@SethAMandel I once wrote about these efforts in Europe. It’s not fully online unfortunately.
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Andrew Yang, Upstart Democratic Presidential Candidate, Comes Out Against Circumcision
A candidate known for putting out position statements on virtually every policy adds a rather intimate one to the list.
The Fertility Doctor’s Secret
Donald Cline must have thought no one would ever know. Then DNA testing came along.
Promote Vocational Education
Andrew Yang's Policy on Promoting Vocational Education: College readiness is a driving force behind many educational decisions in this country. This has resulted in only 6% of American high school students being enrolled in a vocational program (in...
Book giveaway for My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son's Search for Home by Michael Brendan Dougherty Mar 17-Mar 24, 2019
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Mar 17-Mar 24, 2019. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by entering to win one of 10 early cop...
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
My publisher is giving out a few copies of my book in honor of Paddy’s Day.
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