Fukuyama Fails to Answer the Basic Questions of Liberal Political Theory
Francis Fukuyama seeks to promote liberal democracy, but from underneath his own feet the specter of illiberalism reproduces itself.
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Neon Liberalism #18: Knowing the Question Is Half the Answer
Samantha and fellow Liberal Currents editors Caitlin Green and Trent Nelson talk the crisis of misinformation, taking responsibility for your own beliefs in the social media age, and their new podcast, Half the Answer. Knowing the Question Is Half the AnswerPodcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · 03/18/2025 · 51mApple Podcasts Neon
Most Men Don't Want to Be Heroes (and That's Okay)
Despite the self-pity of some, there has never been a better time to be a man.
No Is Enough
Canada does not need your permission or your approval to exist.
It's Time for a Democratic Tea Party
Enough is enough. We need leaders capable of resisting the rising tide of fascism.
Do Trans Women Belong In Sports?
The question of trans women in sports has little to do with the cultural practice of sport itself. Rather, it’s merely a convenient way of normalizing transphobia.
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Half the Answer #3: At the Library
Centrist pundits, conservative think-tank guys, and far-right propagandists say the movement to target libraries with new laws and book challenges is about making sure patrons have access to all viewpoints and kids aren't exposed to obscene materials. But what does the situation really look like on the ground?
American Conservatism's Home Grown Defenses of Apartheid
A long and ugly history.
Roadmap to American Reconstruction
A roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction.
The Current Administration Is Anything But Realist
On the basic incoherence of foreign policy under Trump and Vance.
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Neon Liberalism #17: The Trouble With Realism
Samantha and Professor Phillips O'Brien have a wide-ranging talk, including Trump's abandonment of Ukraine, the failures of "realism" as a theory of international politics, and the shape of the future in a Europe without American leadership. The Trouble With RealismPodcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · 03/
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Half the Answer #2: Campus Misinformation
Caitlin and Trent speak with Bradford Vivian, a Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, about campus misinformation. How do op-eds and other polemics use hyperbole, metaphor and innuendo to create a false impression that college campuses are overrun with radical left wing revolutionaries, communist professors, mentally