The Liberal Economy: The Car Without an Engine Goes to the Mechanic
Chapter 8 (pp. 54–61) from The Reconstruction Papers.
Callais Affects More Than Just Congress
State supreme courts have quietly become among the most politically significant institutions in American life.
The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (Half the Answer #89, with Danny Funt)
How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody
The Return of Political Violence
Today’s levels of political violence are much lower than America's worst eras, but the trends strongly resemble their beginnings.
Starmer Out
Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.
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Editor's Notes: The Endurance of Biopolitics
Insurgent right-wing parties across the Western world have made population composition the objective of their political movements.
National Security Strategy for a Democratic Congress
A Democratic Congress can work to limit the Trump administration's damage to American power and prestige around the world.
Editor's Notes: The Arc of Personalism
Self-aggrandizement has driven many of the decisions made in the Trump administration.
The Supreme Court Is Broken (Neon Liberalism #79, with Madiba Dennie)
The Supreme Court has never occupied a more central place in American governance. Republican dominance on that court has enabled
Heterosexuality Strikes Back
If we want to save heterosexuality, we must save it from heterosexualism.
Ilhan Omar Is Wrong About Sanctions
The question of sanctions is not whether they are morally justified, but whether they are causally efficacious.