In Search of an FDR Consensus: The Future of an American Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 18 (pp. 140–153) from The Reconstruction Papers.
Openly Selling Out America’s Interests
Russia, Starlink, Greenland, Iran, Ilhan Omar, and Katie Zacharia.
China According to China
The Pax Sinica to which Xi Jinping aspires will be no imperialism-free paradise, but a world made safe for autocracy and domestic terror.
Donald Trump Posted Videos of Animals Mauling People
Truth Social, pardons for sale, Ken Corruption, and retaliation.
Checks and Balances Will Not Save Us
A Democratically controlled Congress will have some tools to deploy, but not as many as some may hope.
Graft the Likes of Which the World Has Never Seen Before (Half the Answer #108, with Zach Everson)
Donald Trump made more than two billion dollars in the first year of his second term.
Editor's Notes: Taking Ideology Seriously
The power of the ideological environment should not be underestimated.
Attacking the Enemy Within, Aiding the Outside Enemy
Ilhan Omar, Russia, RFK Jr., Elon Musk, Ken Paxton, and Susan Collins’s super-stupid PAC.
Better Win a District: Arkansas’s Second
There have been many near-misses at dislodging Rep. French Hill ever since the state hard-shifted from blue to red in 2010.
A Hard Look at Libertarianism
Quinn Slobodian's 2025 book provides the starting point of a more thorough post-mortem.