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SPECTER Reporting on Political happenings from all across the country

Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of political hybrid, one where economic and state powers are conjoined and virtually unbridled? Can the nation check its descent into what the author terms "inverted totalitarianism"? Wolin portrays a country where citizens are politically uninterested and submissive - and where elites are eager to keep them that way.

"Flight Vanishes, Raising Specter of Terror Attack" is from the May 19, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Declan Walsh and Kareem Fahim and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Specter of Trump Loosens Tongues, if Not Purse Strings, in Silicon Valley" is from the October 16, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by David Streitfeld and narrated by Caroline Miller.

The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew - the roots of the Second World War - and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread connecting them all: the fear of Communism prevalent across continents during the interwar period.

Project 2025: The Ominous Specter Ladies and gentlemen, we find ourselves standing at the precipice of a dark and foreboding future, one in which the very foundations of our democracy are under siege. The threat we face is not an external one, but rather a cancer that has metastasized within the body politic itself. I speak, of course, of the insidious manifesto known as Project 2025 – a blueprint for authoritarian rule that masquerades as a conservative vision for the United States. As we delve into the depths of this pernicious document, crafted in the shadowy halls of the Heritage ...