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I grow weary of the Graham Platner blame game
I never liked Maine’s now-former Democratic candidate for Senate, but we shouldn’t act like deciding whether to back him was an easy choice before this…
Jul 9 • Will Fritz
The Two Americas
After nine months away, I thought I'd be able to see my country more clearly. But my vision is murky as ever.
Jul 7 • Will Fritz
On reporting in the time of Trumpism
What is a journalist's duty when 30-40% of the population thinks you're a liar?
May 15 • Will Fritz
What I fear most
Can America's authoritarian turn be stopped?
Feb 10 • Will Fritz
Welcome to Nazi America
The road to fascism is paved with "you're overreacting."
Jan 19 • Will Fritz
Why I decided it was time to leave America
The United States is a place I love — perhaps too much to stomach what's become of it.
Dec 4, 2025 • Will Fritz
We all just might be boiled frogs
Can we call this fascism yet? Or is it just sparkling authoritarianism?
Sep 20, 2025 • Will Fritz
We shouldn't pretend Charlie Kirk was a good person just because he's dead now
Conservatives are trying to make Kirk out to be a right-wing Martin Luther King Jr. Don't let them.
Sep 13, 2025 • Will Fritz
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