The Spirit of the Laws
The Constitution is not in heaven. Without honorable and virtuous public officials, constitutional limits have no meaning.
Murder in Minneapolis
What this violent crime perpetrated by agents of the state means for the next three years.
We Need to Get Off the Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
To My Students on the Anniversary of January 6
The political violence of the Trump era is all today's teenagers have ever known.
We Are Going to Win (Neon Liberalism #58, with Adam Gurri)
Take a step back and recall where you were on election night 2024. Recall the way the future looked in
The Logic of Liberalism
Contra the dreams of populist strongmen, real constraints on executive power are the only approach consistent with real freedom.
Mamdani Teaches Us How to Speak the Language of Illegitimacy
How should the next Democratic government act on the belief that Trump's second term was lawless and illegitimate?
We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
Are We Prometheans? "The Permanent Problem," Reviewed
The future requires a vision of gender that is not some reskinned picket-fence fantasy, but a true human ideal.