Trump's War on Christmas Is a War on Liberalism
After decades of make-believe, the Trump administration is promising an actual war on Christmas that would traumatize religious communities with armed state power.
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Touring America with Border Patrol and ICE (Half the Answer #54, with Amanda Moore)
Trent and Caitlin catch up with journalist Amanda Moore to hear about her tour of American cities that have been targeted for ICE and Border Patrol operations. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon, and elsewhere via its RSS feed. Resources: https://www.
Ezra Klein, Self-Harm, and Liberal Perfectionism
From the beginning, liberals have felt the need to promote the development and flourishing of human nature in light of the good even if they disagreed about what it might be.
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
Sovereignty for Me, None for Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
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Politics As Culture (Neon Liberalism #55, with W. David Marx)
Has culture stagnated in the 21st century? Do the last twenty-five years feel like a blur? What can politics learn from the inherent dynamics of cultural change? And is Donald Trump the greatest kitsch artist of our time? Join Samantha Hancox-Li and guest W. David Marx, author of the just-released
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
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Sick in America: Is Everyone Else Lying to You? (Half the Answer #53, with Jonathan Howard)
Caitlin and Trent talk with Jonathan Howard, a neurologist, psychiatrist, and author of Everyone Else Is Lying to You and We Want Them Infected, both books analyzing the policies and discourses around the COVID-19 pandemic. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon, and
No Ordinary Time
Eleanor Roosevelt remains a striking example of the struggle against authoritarianism in dark times.
The Devil's Bargain
Nazism and the moral collapse of German Christendom.
Finding and Promoting Young Liberal Talent
What Liberal Currents is already doing for liberalism in this country, what we will continue to do.
Medical Research Is a Life and Death Issue
The casualties of the war on research will mount for years.