Inherent Vice: Can America Come Back From Who We’ve Become?
At the richest moment in world history, in an unparalleled time of comforts and luxuries, we have elected self-harm and self-pity.
Alan Elrod
Alan Elrod is the president & CEO of the Pulaski Institution, an Arkansas-based think tank. He is also a columnist at Arc Digital and an adjunct instructor at Arkansas State University-Beebe.
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Neon Liberalism #23: The Porn Brain of the New Right
Content warning: rape, pedophilia, and historical atrocities. Join Samantha and guest Alan Elrod as they talk about the role of rape in conservative ideology, biopolitics as the Rosetta Stone of authoritarian reaction, and the pornographic fantasies that pervade the new right. Alan is the president and CEO of the Pulaski
Children Are the Future: Authoritarianism, Culture War, and Making Model Citizens
MAGA’s approach to young Americans is about creating adherents and eliminating undesirables.
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Half the Answer #7: What Is Nationalism?
Caitlin and Trent ask Alan Elrod, President and CEO of the Pulaski Institution, about what nationalism is and what kinds of nationalism are at play today. We discuss how white nationalist and Christian nationalist proponents justify it, and how U.S. progressives can participate in a national identity that celebrates
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.
Kristi Noem Made a Lynching Postcard
The American tradition of celebrating racial terror.
Guys Win: Andrew Tate, Rape Politics, and the Authoritarian Right
Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics.
Now Is Not the Time for Moral Flexibility: The Example of John Quincy Adams
We must stand by the principles of the open society, pluralism, freedom, and mutual toleration.
For Non-Binary Arkansans, No ID, No Entry Into Public Life
The governor of Arkansas has intentionally demeaned minority communities in a state where their position is already precarious.
A Poisonous Tradition
Robert Kagan's "Rebellion" and America's enduring antiliberalism.
For Tom Cotton and the Right, Violence and Cruelty Are Common Sense
The American right frequently takes unreasonable and anti-social behavior and presents it as commonplace and normal.
An Arrow Against All Illiberals
Ian Dunt's How To Be a Liberal is a history of liberalism's conflicted nature and a call to arms for a dynamic, inclusive liberalism.