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Was Ronald Reagan a liberal? The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a “big-tent” definition of the term—but is everyone really welcome? But, first, one of the January 6th insurrectionists, emboldened by his pardon from the President, is now campaigning for reparations. Plus:

Cracks in health care are getting bigger

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Gary Shteyngart’s tragicomedy of the penis

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The Atlanta private-school world is small enough that, the day after January 6th, 2021, I heard from multiple sources

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