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Thomas Koenig

Thomas Koenig is a student at Harvard Law School and the author of the free “Tom’s Takes” newsletter on Substack.

Biographical details as published on January 17, 2022.

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Interviews

5 pieces

  1. Nicholas Kristof Discusses “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope”

  2. David French Talks “Divided We Fall”

  3. Kevin Williamson: How to Improve the Lot of Those Left Behind

  4. Thomas Ricks: Politics, as Seen from Aristotle to Trump

  5. H. R. McMaster: How He Sees China, and the World

Articles

43 pieces

  1. Paging Mr. Moynihan
    Legacy

  2. Power Over Principles: the Dual Dangers of Trumpism and Anti-Racism
    Legacy

  3. The Great American Disconnect
    Legacy

  4. Andrew Sullivan Invites Us All Out Onto the Limb
    Book Review

  5. The Political Import of Jonathan Rauch’s “The Constitution of Knowledge”
    Book Review

  6. Why We Should Love Democracy, with a Few Caveats
    Legacy

  7. The Eviction Ban: A Case Study in Congressional Dysfunction
    Legacy

  8. Liberal Democracy Lives on the Page, Not the Screen
    Op-Ed

  9. Patriotism: The Supreme Political Virtue
    Book Review

  10. Review: Chris Bail’s “Breaking the Social Media Prism”
    Book Review

  11. To Prevent Politics and Reality from Breaking Up, Keep It Local
    Op-Ed

  12. George W. Bush’s “Out of Many, One”: A Message of Gratitude
    Book Review

  13. Review: John Boehner’s “On the House”
    Book Review

  14. Review: Jamal Greene’s “How Rights Went Wrong”
    Book Review

  15. Everybody’s Getting the Filibuster—and the Senate—All Wrong
    Op-Ed

  16. Age Quod Agis
    Op-Ed

  17. Is Joe Biden the Future of Liberalism? Let’s Hope So
    Book Review

  18. Let’s Make the Founders Less Unique
    Book Review

  19. James Madison, Greg Weiner, and What to Do about the Filibuster
    Book Review

  20. When Reading about Abraham Lincoln, in 2021
    Book Review

  21. The Foe We Need Is the Foe We Have
    Op-Ed

  22. What Is the Intellectual’s Duty to Society?
    Book Review

  23. Francis Fukuyama: Making Identity Politics Work
    Book Review

  24. In Response to a Worthy Critic
    Op-Ed

  25. “After Trump”
    Book Review

  26. What Ails Us?
    Book Review

  27. The Historic Unifying Potential of the U.S. Constitution
    Book Review

  28. Walter Lippmann and the Dilemma of Democracy
    Book Review

  29. Kristof and WuDunn’s “Tightrope”: an Essential Book
    Book Review

  30. Blowing Up “The Big White Ghetto”
    Book Review

  31. Can a Constitution of Genius Work for a Nation of Imbeciles?
    Legacy

  32. Review: H.R. McMaster’s “Battlegrounds”
    Legacy

  33. The Center Must Hold
    Legacy

  34. Review: Carlos Lozada’s “What Were We Thinking”
    Legacy

  35. Review: Ted Cruz’s “One Vote Away”
    Legacy

  36. Meritocratic Tyranny: Big, If True
    Legacy

  37. We’re Divided. But Will We Fall?
    Legacy

  38. America: Strained But Strong
    Op-Ed

  39. “A Cry from the Far Middle”: Lots of Laughs, And a Few Important Insights
    Legacy

  40. To My Fellow Catholics, Just Before Election Day
    Legacy

  41. What Struck Me Watching the Final Presidential Debate
    Op-Ed

  42. What Ever Happened to Answering the Question?
    Op-Ed

  43. Assuaging Conservatives’ Fears about a Biden Presidency
    Op-Ed

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