In Search of an FDR Consensus: The Future of an American Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 18 (pp. 140–153) from The Reconstruction Papers.
The Moral Case for Dynamism (Neon Liberalism #86, with Sonja Trauss)
Finding the space between articulating a radical liberal idealism and meeting people where they are.
Objections Considered: Objection I.—Such Cruelties Are Incredible
To deny that cruelty is the spontaneous and uniform product of arbitrary power is to set at nought the combined experience of the human race.
The Minnesota Star Tribune Publishes an Article on The Reconstruction Papers
David M. Perry writes about looking ahead to what 2029 trifecta could accomplish.
Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
Trump’s Desecration of Big Bend Reminds Us Nothing Is Sacred in His America
Yet another example of how his nationalism prioritizes exclusion over veneration of what makes that nation great.
Editor's Notes: Los Desaparecidos de ICE
Trump's mass deportation campaign will produce more atrocities than the Argentinian military junta did.
Congress Needs Its Tech Experts Back
If Congress is to tackle issues from DOGE sabotage to AI to social media, it needs to resurrect its Office of Technology Assessment.
Editor's Notes: Court Reform With the Appearance of Nonpartisanship
Another possible long-term settlement.
Clausewitz and the Supreme Court
To forgo any effort at protecting American democracy or the rights of its people in the name of norms is mere moral cowardice.
Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (Half the Answer #97, with A. J. A. Woods)
Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s?
Editor's Notes: The Police Are Not Your Friends
Civilian control of the police remains one of our country's most intractable challenges.