End America's Institutional Provincialism
Most Americans take pride in our Constitutional order, and the basic grade school version of it—with checks and balances,
The Election of Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as President of Iran
When analyzing events in foreign countries, it is important not to overemphasize the importance of one’s own – all politics
Defending Hierarchy: the Conservative Impulse
It is allegiance which defines the condition of society, and which constitutes society as something greater than the ‘aggregate of
False Equivalence Will Not Help the Anti-War Movement
“America is back,” anti-war and erstwhile progressive journalist Glenn Greenwald sneered on Twitter after it was announced that Democratic
Three Bills for Federal Prison Reform
It’s no secret that America has a criminal justice problem that has been seeping into prisons and jails since
Freedom and the Common Good: Mike Konczal's Freedom From the Market
The average person, but especially conservatives, would likely tell the story of American progress, how we became so affluent, healthy,
Josh Hawley's "Tyranny of Big Tech" Illustrates the Contradictory Ideologies of the Contemporary Right
Senator Josh Hawley’s Tyranny of Big Tech sets out competing expectations. On the one hand, Hawley is a notoriously
Basic Income in Liberal Social Policy
Andrew Yang, once the leader in the race for New York mayor, finished a distant fourth in the first round
Be Skeptical of Anti-Establishment Branding
“I am the antichrist/I am an anarchist,” John Lydon famously snarled on the Sex Pistols’ 1976 debut single “Anarchy
What Is Liberal Socialism?
Liberalism and socialism are modernist doctrines committed to the moral equality and freedom of all human beings. Both doctrines responded
Applying the Lessons of George’s Protection or Free Trade
For decades after World War Two, the signing of the Bretton Woods agreement, and the creation of the General Agreement
If Kirillov Had Drunk Coffee Instead of Tea
I first encountered Fyodor Dostoevsky through Alexei Nilych Kirillov, one of his characters in Demons—not in the novel itself,