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David Bromwich

David Bromwich is a professor of literature at Yale University

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Politics as usual: the normalcy of our planetary destruction

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The empire strikes back: Dick Cheney, Benjamin Netanyahu and the rebirth of neoconservatism

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Bernie Sanders gets slimed by the New York Times: This is what a smiling, condescending hit job looks like

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From Bush to Obama: American exceptionalism is a plague on our collective conscience

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Obama’s disappearing act: What happened to the president he wanted to be?

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Inside the Bush-Obama administration

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The embarrassments of empire

David Bromwich