Gerald golden is one of a vanishing breed of rural democrats. He represents a kind of old school liberal, working class politics that increasingly reads in the contemporary democratic party as centrist or centre right. James bennet: Golden shows that rural america isn't a lost cause for the democrats. They just need the right candidates and attitudes.
This morning Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would call up more troops to fight in Ukraine, said his goal of “liberating” eastern Ukraine remained unchanged and accused the west of “nuclear blackmail.” Our correspondent parses his speech. Our midterm series heads to Maine, to see how Democrats are fighting for rural voters. And a new discovery in Borneo rewrites the history of surgery.
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