Misunderstanding Early Modern Japan
Jacobin's analysis of "Shogun" betrays an ignorance of the basic history.
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The Bloody River
Consolidated liberal democracy is the only path to enduring peace.
A Poisonous Tradition
Robert Kagan's "Rebellion" and America's enduring antiliberalism.
Contributing to the Liberal Project as a Writer: A Primer
How writing from the very abstract to the very particular can help to advance a liberal agenda.
The Moral Gulf Between Liberals and Populists
A reply to Matthew Sleat's review of "Freedom from Fear."
The Successes and Failures of the Nordic Model: Kjell Ostberg on Swedish Social Democracy
Can we still draw hope from the past successes of Swedish social democracy?
The Problems Run Deeper Than Trump
On Levitsky and Ziblatt's "The Tyranny of the Minority."
When East Germany Was a Center of the World
A look at the first globalization.
Why (Almost) Everyone Can Endorse a Liberal Framework
Even most liberal-skeptical radicals have good reason to endorse a basic liberal framework.
A UBI in the United States May Necessitate Land Value Taxes
Towards a Georgist public finance regime for state level universal basic income.
For Tom Cotton and the Right, Violence and Cruelty Are Common Sense
The American right frequently takes unreasonable and anti-social behavior and presents it as commonplace and normal.
The Vicious Cycle of American Housing
For a century, housing has been stuck in a vicious cycle of layering bad policy atop bad policy. It is imperative that we end it.