The Minnesota Star Tribune Publishes an Article on The Reconstruction Papers
David M. Perry writes about looking ahead to what 2029 trifecta could accomplish.
Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
Trump’s Desecration of Big Bend Reminds Us Nothing Is Sacred in His America
Yet another example of how his nationalism prioritizes exclusion over veneration of what makes that nation great.
Congress Needs Its Tech Experts Back
If Congress is to tackle issues from DOGE sabotage to AI to social media, it needs to resurrect its Office of Technology Assessment.
Clausewitz and the Supreme Court
To forgo any effort at protecting American democracy or the rights of its people in the name of norms is mere moral cowardice.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune Publishes an Article on The Reconstruction Papers
David M. Perry writes about looking ahead to what 2029 trifecta could accomplish.
Editor's Notes: Los Desaparecidos de ICE
Trump's mass deportation campaign will produce more atrocities than the Argentinian military junta did.
Editor's Notes: Court Reform With the Appearance of Nonpartisanship
Another possible long-term settlement.
Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (Half the Answer #97, with A. J. A. Woods)
Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s?
Editor's Notes: The Police Are Not Your Friends
Civilian control of the police remains one of our country's most intractable challenges.
Liberty Valance Goes to Washington
The "constitutional sheriffs" movement relies on the notion that "men of action" can and should determine how the Constitution is interpreted.
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Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (Half the Answer #97, with A. J. A. Woods)
Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s?
Red in Tooth and Claw (Neon Liberalism #85)
The pressure of international competition has driven both mindless militarism and genuine modernization.
Free Trade and Free People (Out of the Jaws #9, with Joshua Eakle)
Grounding liberalism in openness and dynamism.