Editor's Notes: Our Headless Opposition Party System
The opposition to Trump is diverse, diffuse, decentralized, and lacking in leadership.
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America's Future Is African
The security and prosperity of nations does not depend on complete uniformity of thought, manners, or coloration.
Speech That Plays It Safe Does Not Remain Free for Long
Fierce disputation and colorful variety are often a sign of a society in good health, not terminal decline.
Cancel Culture Goes MAGA
MAGA's campaign of government censorship and repression is an assault on fundamental free speech values.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Constitution is not in heaven. Without honorable and virtuous public officials, constitutional limits have no meaning.
The Logic of Liberalism
Contra the dreams of populist strongmen, real constraints on executive power are the only approach consistent with real freedom.
China Between Ogre and Olympus
China may well become the singular Olympus that all mere mortals look up to, but so long as this Olympus is home to Ogres it will struggle to compel the allegiance of the wider world.
The Politics of Fear in American History
The precedents for the violence and overt use of state power we are now experiencing can be found in the 1910s and 1920s rather than the 1930s and 1940s.
Neon Liberalism #33: What Is America?
According to Vice President Vance, America is not an idea: America is a nation. A people. And there are some
The Fixed Theme of American History
The history of America is a long struggle between the drive for domination and the dream of freedom.
Liberalism's Persistent Troubles: James E. Cronin's "Fragile Victory"
The work of preserving liberalism is perpetual.