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.
The Historical Sensibility of "Mad Men"
As "Mad Men" depicts, history reshapes people’s lives, perspectives, and interactions, often without them fully realizing that things have changed.
The Operational Trap
Like Imperial Japan before us, the United States has substituted tactical and operational planning for strategic thinking.
Lessons in Training, Strategy, and Discipline From the Civil Rights Movement
Tactical excellence without a strategic understanding is a recipe for failure.
What Next, Democrats? (Neon Liberalism #71, with Bethany Andres-Beck)
Samantha interviews Bethany Andres-Beck, running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District. They talk about the
Courting Fascism (Out of the Jaws #1)
The Roberts Court has been sabotaging liberal democracy since long before Donald Trump's 2016 victory. Liberal commentator Ryan
Our Rebranding Is Live
Ever since launching the Startup Fund, we had started to think about ways in which we could make Liberal Currents
Understanding Israel, Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon (Half the Answer #79, with Y. L. Al-Sheikh)
Look at my Iran negotiator, dawg, we’re never getting through the Strait of Hormuz. Friend of the program Y.
Mistrust Is Not Always Irrational
Trust in institutions must be earned, and liberals have not always done the work to earn trust in liberal institutions.
The Untapped Potential of Organized Mainline American Protestantism
Around the country, mainline Protestant churches are stepping up to help organize the resistance to ICE's incursions into their communities.
Vote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political Agency
Politics is a collective enterprise aimed at controlling the state, and requires working together as co-partisans.
Remembering the Weight of Life and Death in a Profane Age
Donald Trump is unrelenting in his boastful indulgence in the ugliest facets of the human personality. There is another way.