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We Need a New Federal Writers Project
Drawing on and improving the model pioneered during the New Deal.
The Midterms Will Be a Referendum on MAGA (Neon Liberalism #90, with Greg Sargent)
How elites got hoodwinked by the vibe shift.
The End of History and the Final Girl
Anton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties.
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Headwaters: September 7–13, 2026
Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.
The Liberal Economy: The Car Without an Engine Goes to the Mechanic
Chapter 8 (pp. 54–61) from The Reconstruction Papers.
It's Not Just the Supreme Court That's Broken (Out of the Jaws #11, with Charles Star)
The Texas drag ban and more.
After September
The grief lingers, and the mistakes cannot be overturned, and the dead do not return from their graves.
Donald Trump Wants to Bury America With Him
His speech at the GOP's midterm convention came off like a Jim Jones sermon.
Liberal Currents Live: Can the Final Girl Slay the Last Man?
Liberal democracy's fight to survive the fascist night.
The Mass Party of the Future
Liberalism's problem isn't structural. Liberalism's problem is that we got out-hustled.
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It's Not Just the Supreme Court That's Broken (Out of the Jaws #11, with Charles Star)
The Texas drag ban and more.
Liberal Currents Live: Can the Final Girl Slay the Last Man?
Liberal democracy's fight to survive the fascist night.
Trump, Israel, the Iran War, and the Death of the Two-State Solution (Half the Answer #102, with Y. L. Al-Sheikh)
What is the current state of affairs in Israel, Palestine, and the surrounding nations?
Labor Economist Explains: To Fix Inequality, Start Young (Neon Liberalism #89, with Kathryn Anne Edwards)
What makes for a good economy on a generational scale?