Thomas E. Ricks - Liberal Currents

Nuclear Arms and the New Free World

The free world no longer has the luxury of regarding nuclear deterrence like a snow globe on a shelf.

Georgiy Kistiakowsky Sep 16, 2026

Editor's Notes

Editor's Notes: Media Consolidation Is More Dangerous Than Media Fragmentation

We need to strengthen truly liberal media institutions.

Adam Gurri Sep 15, 2026

Opposition Report

Continued Free Rein (The Opposition Report #17)

Deportations, persecuting critics of the administration, bombing foreign countries, and more.

Chance Phillips Sep 15, 2026

Thomas E. Ricks is the author of 11 books and also the military history columnist for the New York Times Book Review. His next book is “Big Money, Small Town,” a novel about a town in the Maine woods being crushed by a private equity firm.

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Lessons in Training, Strategy, and Discipline From the Civil Rights Movement

Tactical excellence without a strategic understanding is a recipe for failure.

Thomas E. Ricks Apr 27, 2026