Carlos Lozada is an opinion columnist at The New York Times and co-host of the “Matter of Opinion” podcast. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, and is the author of What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era. His new book, The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians, is out now.

The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians

Carlos Lozada at The New York Times

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Victim

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Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

Affective Brain Lab

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