Natalie Harp and the American Don (Juan)
Even as the right cheers Trump dispensing punishment to their enemies, they crave to be disciplined themselves.
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Five Years of Liberal Currents
It has been five years since Liberal Currents launched with seven essays at the ready. Many more have been published
Conserving Liberal Democracy: A Reply to Arnold Kling on the "Regulatory State"
The creation, proliferation, and persistence of liberal democracy in the last century is a triumph which we should neither underestimate
Liberal Democracy and the Federal System
The American federal system and the various Supreme Courts that have defended its boundaries impose firm limitations on what system-
The Case Not Made: A Response to Anne Applebaum's "The New Puritans"
All social relations create vulnerabilities and dependencies that are subject to abuse. This is a fundamental fact about the social
LC Podcast #3: Adam Gurri on Institutional Provincialism
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End America's Institutional Provincialism
Most Americans take pride in our Constitutional order, and the basic grade school version of it—with checks and balances,
The Online Quest for Community
“What happened to Brock??” I will never forget the moment I saw these words. On Monday morning more than two
A Conversation About Liberal Democracy
[The following came out of an email conversation between Martin Gurri and Adam Gurri that took place January 16–18
What Is Liberal Democracy?
There was a period during the Trump presidency when it was defensible to believe he was too incompetent and too
History Entwined: Virginia Postrel's The Fabric of Civilization
“My textile exploration began in wonder,” Virginia Postrel writes at the end of her magnificent new book, The Fabric of
The End of the Beginning
I am writing this on November 7, 2020, three years, ten months, and two weeks after the day Liberal Currents
Against "Mastermind" Narratives: Conservative Organizing in Alexander Hertel-Fernandez's State Capture
Interest group influence on American public policy and the political progress is so widely accepted it approaches the level of