The Plutocrat-Populist Axis

Why is this alliance such a robust and enduring power bloc?

Against Political Nihilism

Reject the plea for vibes over action.

Liberals Must Wage War on Rent-Seeking

Rent-seeking classes form a core backbone of the Republican Party.

Kevin Vallier’s Politics of Peace Against Theocracy in “All the Kingdoms of the World”

Vallier's critique of integralism can be generalized to apply to a variety of illiberalisms.

The Democratic Party and Its Rightward Shift on the Border

How did we get here from "no human is illegal"?

American Identities, in Theory and Practice

Who fractured humanity?

Donald Trump, in His Own Words and Deeds

We cannot let people grow numb to the things Trump says and does.

A Fundamentally Anti-Democratic Tradition: Zack Beauchamp's "The Reactionary Spirit"

Where conservatives may seek to conserve their democratic systems, reactionaries by their nature seek to weaken or abolish them.

American Feudalism

A liberalism that divides humanity into a master class and a slave class deserves an asterisk as “white liberalism.”

An Open Society, If You Can Keep It

The modern world made the open society possible, but also empowered people seeking to undermine it.

It's Not the One Percent. It's Your Neighbors.

The rentier economy that has a stranglehold on American quality of life includes a lot more than one percent of the population.

Liberalism's Persistent Troubles: James E. Cronin's "Fragile Victory"

The work of preserving liberalism is perpetual.