Socialism and Liberalism: A Path Towards Estrangement’s End
Thinkers in both “camps” have not only challenged the underlying idea of the split but created theory that unified both liberal and socialist principles.
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Reviewer Judge Words in Book: Bronze Age Mindset, Reviewed
We can be more and better than conquerors and thieves.
They Were All Our Ancestors
Nationalism chooses sides in the most awful family drama of all time. It sides with the evildoers, and never with their victims, and teaches you to do the same.
Taking Over Space: The Administration’s War on the Workforce at NASA
The Trump administration is returning NASA to the model that led directly to the Columbia disaster.
Two Paths to Immortality: Some Civic Religion for Nonbelievers
Reactionary immortality projects explain a lot about American political culture—above all why and how we Americans choose to panic.
Foreign Policy As If Liberalism Mattered
Neither states nor nations are endowed with inalienable rights. Individuals are.
Social Democracy Has a Drug Problem
Senator Cory Booker’s bill to legalize marijuana is righteous and beautiful. It is well-timed and well-crafted. It is noble…
In Praise of Chains: How Public Choice Helps Us Understand and Fight Racism
In American politics, it is sometimes claimed that democratic majorities must never be “in chains,” as the historian Nancy MacLean
Gender as Art
Gender is both strange and hard to think about. Anyone who tells you otherwise probably hasn’t given it much
Not Against Democracy
Libertarians have long harbored reservations about democracy, and some of their concerns have lately won mainstream attention amid an ongoing
In Search of a Post-Godwin Politics
In my office there’s a framed poster of Godwin’s Law: as the length of a conversation increases, the