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The Opposition Report #9
Venezuela, Epstein, purchased pardons, and more.
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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?
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
Liberal Currents in 2026
A brief outline of our plan, and an update on the rate we pay to authors.
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.
The Covid Pro-Infection Lobby and Its Relentless Campaign Against Public Health
As documented in Jonathan Howard’s “Everyone Else is Lying to You,” the same pro-infection lobby that battled each covid mitigation measure now seeks to blame health agencies and vaccines, not the virus, for the nation’s devastating rates of excess death.
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Half the Answer #56: The Imaginary "War on Science"—and the Real One
Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, what strategies its authors use to downplay the threats from the right and fabricate a threat from the left, and what
Merry Christmas, I Don’t Want to Fight: Trump’s White House UFC Event and the Politics of Violence
Donald Trump is seeking to elevate America’s most violent professional sport to an emblem of national identity.
Reviewer Judge Words in Book: Bronze Age Mindset, Reviewed
We can be more and better than conquerors and thieves.
The Biggest Thing Since Steam
Flipping the renewable energy script.