In Search of an FDR Consensus: The Future of an American Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 18 (pp. 140–153) from The Reconstruction Papers.
What If Iran Doesn’t Want the War to End Yet?
America is not the sole actor in this war—the enemy always gets a vote.
Fakery Is the Key to the Right’s Cultural and Political Dominance
The Kid Rock alternative halftime show is a symptom of the larger unreality constantly produced by the right.
Editor's Notes: The Next Settlement on Immigration
Maximizing what we can get from the next opportunity for reform.
Imagining a 2028 Presidential Campaign for a Limited Presidency
Why we need a smaller presidency and a more powerful Congress.
The Communist and the Caricature: The Missed Opportunity in August Nimtz and Kyle Edwards' "The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution"
Nimtz and Edwards offer caricatures where a fascinating and nuanced reality was available.
DOGE Dunces, Depositions, DC Cops and Scoop Ethics (Half the Answer #73, with Marisa Kabas)
DC cops assisted the DOGE boys in breaking into the United States Institute of Peace office in March 2025—and
Iran, Slopulism, and the Eternal Innocence of the American People
Popular sovereignty means we must all take responsibility for the outcomes of our choices at the ballot box.
Holding ICE and Border Patrol Accountable (Half the Answer #72, with Joshua Erlich)
Trent and Caitlin catch up with employment litigator Joshua Erlich about the difficulties of holding immigration and border patrol agents
Amend and Reform the Pardon Clause of the Constitution in 2027
Let's teach ourselves how to say goodbye.
"Parental Rights" and the Authoritarian Family
For advocates of "parental rights," family autonomy becomes both reward and weapon, extended to those who conform and withdrawn from those who do not.