Abuser Politics: Christian Male Supremacists Want Women to Shut Up
The desire for quiet women—really for silent women—in every public forum is neither about adherence to Biblical truth nor the revelation of natural law.
What the Hell Is Happening in Texas?! (Half the Answer #75, with Gwen Howerton)
What the hell is going on in Texas? Trent and Caitlin welcome Houston culture reporter Gwen Howerton about the Texas senate primaries, censorship in prisons, and the state of LGBTQ+ rights in the Lone Star State. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon,
Off and Running (The State of Liberal Currents #1)
To all of our subscribers, I hope this newsletter finds you well. This marks the first State of Liberal Currents, the successor to the old patron newsletter we published rather inconsistently since February of 2020. It is also the first quarter that we began making lurching steps towards becoming a
Overcoming Indifference
On the political disenchantment of Gen Z.
A New Era of International Gangsterism
Trump, Putin, and Xi believe wholeheartedly that the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must.
I Worked in Operation Allies Welcome. Americans Must Not Betray Our Afghan Allies.
The government is committing a grave betrayal of people who risked their lives to help it.
Is Platner the Face of the Democratic Tea Party? (Neon Liberalism #67, with Chance Phillips)
According to all current polling, Graham Platner will be Maine's next senator—despite a Nazi tattoo, a history of controversial social media posts, and an almost-total lack of political experience. To try and understand what this tells us about the direction of the Democratic Party, Chance Phillips recently
"Worse Than the 1970s"
Our world is far more interdependent than it was in the 1970s energy crisis.
The War That Still Haunts the United States
Remembering another war America was unable to extricate themselves from.
Why We Fight
Politics doesn't stop in an authoritarian system and we cannot give up the struggle.
Cringe Is Good, Earnestness Is Strength
On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.
Sharia Socialism in NYC, or Just Smarter Governance? (Half the Answer #74, with Ryan Cooper)
What's happened in New York City since Zohran Mamdani became mayor in January? Has it become a Marxist-Islamic bastion, ruled by a soviet in the succeeding three months? Trent and Caitlin discuss the Sharia Socialism of NYC Mayor Mamdani, plus the naked vice signaling and stove-touching of the