Outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture.Watergate has emerged as the for understanding the Trump administration in its first sixth months. There are plenty of good reasons for this, but they come with an unfortunate side effect: The Watergate fixation feeds the fantasies of liberals and the left.The Watergate parallel can serve as a salve, holding out the promise that Trump’s administration — with all its vulgarity, disrespect for the rule of law, and questionable foreign entanglements —will be truncated in the same way...…Outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture.Watergate has emerged as the for understanding the Trump administration in its first sixth months. There are plenty of good reasons for this, but they come with an unfortunate side effect: The Watergate fixation feeds the fantasies of liberals and the left.The Watergate parallel can serve as a salve, holding out the promise that Trump’s administration — with all its vulgarity, disrespect for the rule of law, and questionable foreign entanglements —will be truncated in the same way...WW…

Opinion byLink Copied!Ad FeedbackEditor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of “.” She co-hosts the history podcast “” and “.” The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more articles on CNN. — An unchecked pandemic is about to run smack into what has traditionally been the busiest travel weekend of the year. And though airports and highways won’t be as packed as years past, many Americans are heading into the holiday without the appropriate...…Opinion byLink Copied!Ad FeedbackEditor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of “.” She co-hosts the history podcast “” and “.” The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more articles on CNN. — An unchecked pandemic is about to run smack into what has traditionally been the busiest travel weekend of the year. And though airports and highways won’t be as packed as years past, many Americans are heading into the holiday without the appropriate...WW…