Editor's Notes: The Point of Government Equity Stakes Is Personalism
It is not industrial policy. It's the rule of men rather than of laws.
You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.
Don't Let John Roberts Fool You (Neon Liberalism #93, with Mike Sacks)
How we need to think about court reform in the future.
Editor's Notes: "The Indian Question" Shows That No One Is Safe From White Nationalism
That is the entire point.
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Editor's Notes: The Point of Government Equity Stakes Is Personalism
It is not industrial policy. It's the rule of men rather than of laws.
Headwaters: September 28–October 4, 2026
Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.
Liberal Currents Live: The Cheap Precision Strike and the New Way of Raiding
Are drones fundamentally altering the nature of war for the worse, not for the better?
The Return of the Cutting-Off Way
Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."
The Ark and the Deluge: The Unfurling of Equality in World History
Chapter 21 (pp. 169–175) from The Reconstruction Papers.
How Chile Recovered Its Democracy
A leader operating beyond the margins of the law can yet eventually be defeated in a free and fair election.
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Liberal Currents Live: The Cheap Precision Strike and the New Way of Raiding
Are drones fundamentally altering the nature of war for the worse, not for the better?
The War with Iran Has No End (Neon Liberalism #92)
Structural factors are driving us towards a more chaotic and lawless world.
Don't Abandon Ukraine (Out of the Jaws #12, with Dylan Burns)
Tactical and technological innovations on the battlefield, and the brutal realities of war.
Orange Man Deteriorating: What It Means for 2026 and 2028 (Half the Answer #105, with Ryan Cooper)
Word salads, IVs, and naps are great again.