Kiran Pfitzner - Liberal Currents

Gender and Gender Anxiety (Neon Liberalism #83, with Katherine Cross)

So much of our politics today is driven by gender, from Graham Platner's rise and fall to Pete

Samantha Hancox-Li, Katherine Alejandra Cross Jul 26, 2026

The New Vandals

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" offends right-wingers' notion that only white men make history.

Alan Elrod Jul 25, 2026

Out of the Jaws

Is Liberal Socialism a Contradiction in Terms? (Out of the Jaws #7, with Matthew McManus and Paul Crider)

Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan lecturer in political science Matthew McManus

Ryan Geddie, Adam Gurri, Matthew McManus, Paul Crider Jul 24, 2026

Kiran Pfitzner is a historian of civil-military relations and Carl von Clausewitz’s theory of war. He writes on strategy, history, and theory at www.deadcarl.com.

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Liberalism as a Military Technology

To exclude individuals on the basis of sex, color, class, or creed now means to hobble the strength of the state.

Kiran Pfitzner Jun 9, 2026