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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is the Managing Editor of The American Prospect. Formerly, he was a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.

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America Was Always Going to Bungle the Vaccine Rollout

"It isn't hard to think up a simple set of rules that would ensure shots are going into arms as quickly as possible."

Ryan Cooper ·

American Democracy Is Dying

"About every other country has suffered a constitutional collapse at some point; our number may well be up quite soon."

Ryan Cooper ·

I, for one, have had quite enough of Buttigieg's glib turbo-wonk shtick. He simply is not being straight with the American people. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Pete Buttigieg's Disingenuous Attack on Medicare-For-All

Mayor Pete's plan would be more expensive than Medicare-for-all. He would "pay for that" by keeping more of the cost burden on the shoulders of individual Americans.

Ryan Cooper ·

Trump's flailing, incompetent White House emerges quite naturally from basic aspects of Trump's personality—his vanity, his ignorance, his sloppiness, his cowardice, and above all his all-consuming narcissism. (Photo: Illustrated | SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images, JimLarkin/iStock, DickDuerrstein/iStock)

The Impeachment Story Proves It Again: Trump Is No Strategic Genius

He is not some omnipotent political mastermind. Attacks on his integrity, competence, appearance, or anything else that he's sensitive about will drive him nuts and sow chaos in his administration.

Ryan Cooper ·

The Rise of the Entitled Millennial Politician

"Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with young people running for office... But simply being young does not mean one has access to the fountain of all wisdom. One must also have good political views."

Ryan Cooper ·

If he can be made to look hesitant, frail, and confused, that is likely to spark some fear in Biden supporters that he simply wouldn't be able to handle a gruelling campaign and presidency. (Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/Rex)

Can Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Dent Biden's Electability Edge?

Somebody better lay a glove on him, and soon.

Ryan Cooper ·

One should avoid wrecking key ecosystems, but if the energy payoff is sufficiently high, it still might be worth doing, because if climate change is not stopped the ecosystem will be wrecked anyway. (Photo: Illustrated | Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Screenshot/The New Yorker)

What It Will Take to Actually Fight Climate Change

The technology is very largely there. All that is missing is the energy, commitment, and international coordination.

Ryan Cooper ·

Biden has been notoriously gaffe-prone for his entire career. (Photo: Marc Nozell/cc/flickr)

This Is Joe Biden's Emails Problem

Is Joe Biden mentally unsound?

Ryan Cooper ·

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