Disordered Institutions Make Disordered Publics
People who believe their choices don’t matter choose poorly.
Public Execution
Acts of violence are a sacrament in the fascist civic religion. The new fascist man must be posted into being.
Sexual Violence on Campus and the Universities That Enable It (Half the Answer #109, with Nicole Bedera)
Institutions of higher education regularly prevent survivors from accessing justice.
Liberal Currents Live: Libertarianism Captured by Racism
Was it inevitable that bigotry would become so dominant within libertarianism, or could it all have gone differently?
Openly Selling Out America’s Interests
Russia, Starlink, Greenland, Iran, Ilhan Omar, and Katie Zacharia.
China According to China
The Pax Sinica to which Xi Jinping aspires will be no imperialism-free paradise, but a world made safe for autocracy and domestic terror.
Donald Trump Posted Videos of Animals Mauling People
Truth Social, pardons for sale, Ken Corruption, and retaliation.
Checks and Balances Will Not Save Us
A Democratically controlled Congress will have some tools to deploy, but not as many as some may hope.
Graft the Likes of Which the World Has Never Seen Before (Half the Answer #108, with Zach Everson)
Donald Trump made more than two billion dollars in the first year of his second term.
Editor's Notes: Taking Ideology Seriously
The power of the ideological environment should not be underestimated.