4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (200+ words) The descent of stable societies into ones of endemic violence rarely produces anything but new forms of tyranny and terror. The party is not an abstract cabal powered by fever dreams, but a living, breathing coalition held together by a…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (287+ words) Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead. The descent of stable societies into ones of endemic violence rarely produces anything but new forms of tyranny and terror. Lorenz’s defense of her description of Mangione back…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (234+ words) The event horizon approaches. The current crisis of democracy was not inevitable, but a result of hubris and shortsightedness among generations of statesmen. The right wing's assault on Religion and Humanities programs is an assault on our ability to understand…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (129+ words) The current crisis of democracy was not inevitable, but a result of hubris and shortsightedness among generations of statesmen. The event horizon approaches. But the larger part of my concern rests with the extreme unpredictability of what the personality cult…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (221+ words) The crisis is older than the second Trump term. On Thursday, ICE agent Christian Castro was released from custody in Texas. In the course of the invasion of Minneapolis, Castro and his fellow thugs chased an innocent man down and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (571+ words) Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead. Chapter 4 (pp. 18–25) from The Reconstruction Papers. We can learn from the Civil Rights Movement, but we can also learn from its opposition. In my previous essay, I argued…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (507+ words) The president’s choices at home and abroad are boosting Democrats’ chances in November. In that, Democrats are getting help from an unlikely source, who presumably isn’t doing it on purpose: Donald Trump, in particular his foreign policy. Trump has made…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (431+ words) Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead. Supreme Court rulings stretching back decades laid the groundwork for expanded executive power. Liberals need practical approaches to earn trust through visible, messy, and ongoing responsiveness. What we…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) Chapter 2 (pp. 8–12) from The Reconstruction Papers. Vaccination rates are falling across the country. The war on professionalism will continue even with the departure of one of its most visible soldiers. Before I begin today I want to remind people that…...