Von Drehle: The precedent for a Trump Nobel Prize
Theodore Roosevelt won his peace prize for mediating an agreement involving the future of Korea. More than a century later, the U.S. president is still working on the same problem.
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Von Drehle: What Linda Brown knew: Racism was all-American
The reality of the Linda Brown story challenges us to remember that America's troubled racial history isn't limited to one section of the country.
Von Drehle: Why Kim Jong-un is talking peace
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is the chief thief of a family-run kleptocracy. Like his father and grandfather, he'll starve his own people to get what he wants. Torture and...
Von Drehle: Missouri governor’s scandal is a cautionary tale
It's a scandal for our times, an iconoclastic political outsider undone by allegations of homemade revenge porn. Or maybe Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens won't be undone.
Von Drehle: For an innocent man, Trump sure does act guilty
It's not true that everyone in prison claims to be innocent. Most inmates I've known have been approximately as honest as people on the outside. Take that as you will.
Von Drehle: Another school shooting, another cruel reminder to parents
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The television is showing an endless loop of frightened teenagers at a school in Florida, while in the next room my daughter rummages through drawers in...
Von Drehle: Why Kansas is one of the most interesting political battlegrounds of 2018
Trumpism, compromise and the two-party system are on trial this year in Kansas, where some big political questions might start to find answers.
Von Drehle: Doug Jones’ victory should make Trump nervous
If Donald Trump and Steve Bannon can't sell their mix of cultural resentment and paranoia in Alabama, they will be hard-pressed to sell it anywhere.
Von Drehle: The dull but important issue of tax bill reconciliation
In hashing out the final tax-reform bill, Republican leaders can improve a law that will touch every American -- or make it a whole lot worse.
Von Drehle: What the Vietnam War tells us about Trump voters
Vietnam stamped the boomers with suspicion of elite institutions and mistrust of elected government.