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OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter

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By Jonathan Alter
| Old Goats with Jonathan Alter
Amended transcript: The word out of Maine is that Graham Platner is in the process of being forced out of the race. Even Bernie Sanders wants him gone. That’s great news for Democrats. Republicans are claiming that Democrats are forming a circular firing squad. Wrong. Pretty much anybody that Democrats nominate will have a very good chance against Susan Collins, much better than Platner. So the question is, who is it going to be? Will it be a Maine politician?
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America at 250: An Idealist Without Illusions

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By Jonathan Alter
| Washington Monthly Verified
I sat on the curb the morning of July 4th, watching a parade in a suburb outside Chicago, where my wife and I were visiting her mother. My thoughts turned to the Bicentennial, which only about a quarter of today’s Americans are old enough to remember. I was 18 then—68 now—and even the best of AI medicine won’t get me to the 2076 Tricentennial alive.
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Here’s to a Hopeful 4th of July

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By Jonathan Alter
| Old Goats with Jonathan Alter
I sat on the curb this morning watching a 4th of July parade in a suburb outside Chicago, where my wife and I are visiting her mother. My thoughts turned to the Bicentennial, which only about a quarter of today’s Americans are old enough to remember. I was 18 then — 68 now — and even the best of AI medicine won’t get me to the 2076 Tricentennial alive.
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