3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1104+ words) What is the current state of affairs in Israel, Palestine, and the surrounding nations? Anton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1215+ words) Anton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties. On a solemn occasion, Republicans’ message to America’s youth…...

4+ day, 14+ 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, 7+ 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…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (309+ words) Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead. Chapter 6 (pp. 32–38) from The Reconstruction Papers. The party is not an abstract cabal powered by fever dreams, but a living, breathing coalition held together by a ceaseless grind…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1181+ words) What makes for a good economy on a generational scale? Chapter 6 (pp. 32–38) from The Reconstruction Papers. This article was previously published as part of The Reconstruction Papers. The entire book is available in print and as a PDF. The federalist…...

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…...