Cringe Is Good, Earnestness Is Strength
On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.
Sharia Socialism in NYC, or Just Smarter Governance? (Half the Answer #74, with Ryan Cooper)
What's happened in New York City since Zohran Mamdani became mayor in January? Has it become a Marxist-Islamic bastion, ruled by a soviet in the succeeding three months? Trent and Caitlin discuss the Sharia Socialism of NYC Mayor Mamdani, plus the naked vice signaling and stove-touching of the
What If Iran Doesn’t Want the War to End Yet?
America is not the sole actor in this war—the enemy always gets a vote.
Fakery Is the Key to the Right’s Cultural and Political Dominance
The Kid Rock alternative halftime show is a symptom of the larger unreality constantly produced by the right.
Editor's Notes: The Next Settlement on Immigration
Maximizing what we can get from the next opportunity for reform.
Platner's Supporters, In Their Own Words
What is going on in Maine's Democratic Senate primary?
Imagining a 2028 Presidential Campaign for a Limited Presidency
Why we need a smaller presidency and a more powerful Congress.
The Communist and the Caricature: The Missed Opportunity in August Nimtz and Kyle Edwards' "The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution"
Nimtz and Edwards offer caricatures where a fascinating and nuanced reality was available.
DOGE Dunces, Depositions, DC Cops and Scoop Ethics (Half the Answer #73, with Marisa Kabas)
DC cops assisted the DOGE boys in breaking into the United States Institute of Peace office in March 2025—and now journalist Marisa Kabas of the Handbasket has obtained their body cam footage from that day. She tells Trent and Caitlin how she did it, and they discuss the total
Iran, Slopulism, and the Eternal Innocence of the American People
Popular sovereignty means we must all take responsibility for the outcomes of our choices at the ballot box.
Just Throw the Nazis Out of Your Bar
Lessons from Nicholas Ensley Mitchell’s "On Bigotry."
Holding ICE and Border Patrol Accountable (Half the Answer #72, with Joshua Erlich)
Trent and Caitlin catch up with employment litigator Joshua Erlich about the difficulties of holding immigration and border patrol agents to account when they break the law. What happens when you can't be sure which individual attacked you? How can their actions be restricted, and what should Democrats