Roundup Top 10!

Trump threatens to change the course of American Christianity by John Fea It seems as though Christians are not changing Trump, but rather that Trump could be changing Christianity.

Trump’s Russian Laundromat by Craig Unger How to use Trump Tower and other luxury high-rises to clean dirty money, run an international crime syndicate, and propel a failed real estate developer into the White House.

What would Lincoln think of Trump? by Sidney Blumenthal In his first political speech Lincoln denounced he emergence of a man driven to power by a fierce desire for “celebrity and fame” who “thirsts and burns for distinction.” Remind you of anyone?

Trump’s Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein How the president’s budget proposal grew out of New York’s financial crisis in the 1970s.

Partisanship is an American tradition — and good for democracy by Aaron Astor Bipartisanship is the exception, not the rule.

The Dunkirk myth never told our real story by David Aaronovitch We British tell ourselves we’re at our best when standing alone but the long history of empire disproves that.

Buying ‘friends in this Congress’: The smoking gun that triggered a political scandal by Robert Mitchell It was called the Credit Mobilier scandal and it involved a congressman who went on to be president: James Garfield.

Education Should Deliver Us from Racism and Trumpism by Walter G. Moss True enough that slavery has been over for a long time. But its evil effects and racism continue to live on.

Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy are more similar than you think by Niall Ferguson Like Trump, JFK violated social conventions and claimed to defend western civilization while acting in contravention of its avowed principles.

Who Gets to Own Iraq’s Religious Heritage? by Sigal Samuel An archeologist on cultural preservation in the shadow of ISIS