Lindsay M. Chervinsky
Washington Monthly
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Past articles by Lindsay:
How We Mourn Our Presidents
An anticipated new collection shows that when the nation buries a current or former president, it reveals much about America at the moment of their passing. → Read More
Easy on the Doomscrolling: Two Years After January 6, There Are Reasons to Be Hopeful
A firm accounting of what happened and prosecution of the perpetrators are part of the good news. → Read More
What Joe Biden and LBJ Have in Common
Each saw the expansion of rights as key to their national ambitions, writes a noted historian. For LBJ, it was civil rights; for Biden, it was abortion. → Read More
Garland Has to Prosecute Trump for January 6 to Restore Faith in the Justice Department
It’s often said that the attorney general has two goals—keep the DOJ apolitical and prosecute the former president—but the aims, says a noted historian, are complementary and essential. → Read More
Madeleine Albright's Fascism Warning Is More Pertinent Than Ever
The anti-abortion, book-banning, and Disney-bashing policies in red states have all the authoritarian hallmarks. → Read More
The Endless Struggle Between Presidents and the Press
A new study focuses on the relationship between the White House and the media in the years since Woodrow Wilson, but it gives short shrift to the 19th century. → Read More
All Supreme Court Appointments Are Political—and They Should Be
Republicans criticizing Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination should take a look at history. → Read More
Liz Cheney, the GOP's Unshakeable Gadfly 
The Wyoming representative follows a long tradition of pols who buck their party leadership. But can she build a movement to defeat Trumpism? → Read More
How the GOP Engineers Crises to Blame on Biden
Republicans say Biden has failed to end the pandemic and restore normalcy to our politics—but they are the ones spreading the lies and disinformation to undermine the vaccine and keep America divided. → Read More
Financial corruption and a return to founding principles
We’ve lost sight of the principle that officials are supposed to serve the people, not their own bottom lines. → Read More
Kyrsten Sinema’s Lasting Legacy for Women
The Arizona senator is making it harder, not easier, to elect more females to Congress. → Read More
Republicans demanding Blinken impeachment are forgetting one thing — the Constitution
The Constitution mentions the department secretaries once and only once. → Read More
'Childless cat ladies' and the long history of regulating who counts as an American
This rhetoric is not just a catchy campaign phrase but rather the latest attempt to define who counts as a real American or who is permitted to serve in high office. → Read More
Marjorie Taylor Greene may be dangerous, but she's not the first
Greene is the latest in a long tradition of political gnats that range from annoying to dangerous and violent. → Read More
100 days is a ridiculous way to judge a presidency
Voters should evaluate the accomplishments of the first 18 months of the Biden administration when they go to the polls in November 2022. → Read More
How Women Might Change the Role of the Vice President
Kamala Harris broke the glass ceiling but is she in danger of being pushed off the glass cliff? → Read More
Presidents Day is a time to reflect on the incredible power we entrust to imperfect hands
Lindsay M. Chervinsky writes that from George Washington to Donald Trump -- and now Joe Biden -- the oversized impact of commanders-in-chief on our culture, safety and welfare, and democratic institutions should be recognized. → Read More
The opportunity of Biden's Cabinet
A diverse Cabinet helps Americans feel represented in the administration, and thus more likely to support the president’s agenda. → Read More
Historic and unprecedented inaugurations
Biden will probably have subdued celebrations and then get to work immediately — as the country expects and desperately needs. → Read More
A diverse Cabinet will make Joe Biden a better president and unify the country
It helps Americans feel invested in an administration and provides a president with differing viewpoints. → Read More