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Jonathan Taplin

The Magic Years

When Bob Dylan Shocked the Newport Folk Festival in 1965

7 min readApr 30, 2021

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The Magic Years

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Better Days Are Coming

Letter to the Millennials 6

7 min readFeb 17, 2021

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Better Days Are Coming

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Who Caused the Insurrection?

America has endured political demagogues before. Joe McCarthy and George Wallace come to mind. But America never had a violent…

3 min readJan 14, 2021

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Who Caused the Insurrection?

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Jonathan Taplin

The Y2K Election

Back in September I posted this tweet about the Y2K election, in response to a tweet by Nate Silver.

5 min readNov 8, 2020

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The Y2K Election

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It Could Happen Here

Richard Evans, in his monumental study of the rise of Hitler, The Coming of The Third Reich, notes the role that the Fascist street…

3 min readAug 30, 2020

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It Could Happen Here

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How to Stop a Stolen Election

Its clear that Trump believed he could suppress voting by kneecapping the Post Office. But Democrats must realize that he can be stopped…

3 min readAug 19, 2020

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How to Stop a Stolen Election

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David Brooks is Wrong

The Covid-19 Crisis is a Republican Failure, full stop.

6 min readJun 24, 2020

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David Brooks is Wrong

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Life After Empire

In 1922, the British Empire held sway over a population of about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world’s people and covered more…

8 min readApr 29, 2020

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Life After Empire

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Begin The World Again

Pandemics have a way of radically altering societies. The Renaissance came on the heels of The Black Death, a plague that killed millions…

11 min readApr 25, 2020

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Trump-The Biggest Loser

Here is the basic problem for any Democrat trying to unseat Donald Trump in 2020. According to the latest Quinnipiac Poll, “73 percent…

5 min readDec 17, 2019

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Jonathan Taplin

Jonathan Taplin

Director Emeritus, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab. Producer/Author, “Mean Streets”, “Move Fast & Break Things”. New book, “The Magic Years”, out 3/21.

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