Copies of The Reconstruction Papers Are Going Fast! Get Yours Today!
Print Copies Still Available in the US Order Now This week, people's copies of The Reconstruction Papers began
Trump Didn't Invent the Tribunate Presidency
John Adams' rocky presidency illuminates the long-running conflicts over how Americans conceive of the executive power.
Editor's Notes: Reactionaries Are Not Fun Weirdos
One wonders why Richard Hanania has gotten so much attention.
The Work of Pluralism
Genuine pluralism requires people to act in ways that affirm the dignity and presence of others, even when difference remains.
Ken Paxton and the Potential Boogaloo Congressman (Half the Answer #95, with Steven Monacelli)
Ken Paxton isn't the only Looney Toon running for a position in the United States Congress this November.
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Copies of The Reconstruction Papers Are Going Fast! Get Yours Today!
Print Copies Still Available in the US Order Now This week, people's copies of The Reconstruction Papers began
Editor's Notes: How to Amend the Constitution Like the Reconstruction Congress
And, we can make significant transformations of our system whether or not we amend the Constitution.
Here Where We Live Is a Home for Everyone
Molly Crabapple's history of the General Jewish Labor Bund offers multiracial democracy as the alternative to ethnonationalism.
Tit for Tat Does Not Work If You Do Not Retaliate Against Defectors
Thoughts from ISMA's Liberalism in the 21st Century conference.
Liberty and Death: Lindsey Graham and the America We Live In
Many progressives have spit on the grave of a man who was happy to trample over their rights and dignities.
The Empire of Reason
Citizens of liberal democratic societies have grown rich and prosperous off the ideology of rational control, but have unfortunately become complacent in its defense.
OMB's New Proposed Rule Will Turn Federal Grants Personalist and Partisan
The proposed rule is among the clearest distillations of Project 2025's goals.
The Mancunian Candidate and the End of Keir Starmer (Half the Answer #94, with Hunter CG)
Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse?
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The Mancunian Candidate and the End of Keir Starmer (Half the Answer #94, with Hunter CG)
Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse?
Is the Lock Box Empty? (Neon Liberalism #82, with Stephen Nuñez)
The American government is an insurance company with an army—so how do our insurance company's finances look?
Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)
Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many
Building Community in the Era of Personalities (Out of the Jaws #6, with Sam Drzymala)
The old institutions are being eroded and colonized by new media personalities. Is this apocalyptic or is it the path