Nathan Kalmoe - Liberal Currents

Editor's Notes: Making the Personality Cult Salient

The public is largely unaware of just how deranged and Maoist it has gotten in the second Trump term.

Adam Gurri Aug 8, 2026

Out of the Jaws

Free Trade and Free People (Out of the Jaws #9, with Joshua Eakle)

Grounding liberalism in openness and dynamism.

Ryan Geddie, Adam Gurri, Joshua Eakle Aug 7, 2026

The Audience Gets a Vote

A media strategy is just that: a strategy, with both strengths and limits.

Adam Gurri Aug 7, 2026

Nathan Kalmoe is executive administrative director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of 3 books, including With Ballots & Bullets: Partisanship & Violence in the American Civil War.

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The Return of Political Violence

Today’s levels of political violence are much lower than America's worst eras, but the trends strongly resemble their beginnings.

Nathan Kalmoe Jun 23, 2026