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.
Working Homeless in America
Brian Goldstone doesn’t use the abstract language of structural violence, but his story is full of landlords, bureaucrats, and politicians insulated from the pain they inflict by distance, resources, and power.
Children Are the Future: Authoritarianism, Culture War, and Making Model Citizens
MAGA’s approach to young Americans is about creating adherents and eliminating undesirables.
Palestine and "Free Speech" Hypocrisy
The right and so-called moderate center have framed trigger warnings, the deplatforming of far right speakers, and peaceful protests as urgent free speech crises, but now they downplay the actual stifling of speech and expression.
Elon Musk's Artificial God
In the vision of Musk and other lords of Silicon Valley, the purpose of AI technology is to insulate them, and only them, from any hint that they might live in a society.
Half the Answer #7: What Is Nationalism?
Caitlin and Trent ask Alan Elrod, President and CEO of the Pulaski Institution, about what nationalism is and what kinds
Half the Answer #6: What Is "Heroic Masculinity?"
Trent and Caitlin ask podcaster and philosopher Toby Buckle about the claim that heroic masculinity will save us. Do all
Foreign Policy As If Liberalism Mattered
Neither states nor nations are endowed with inalienable rights. Individuals are.
The False Promise of the "Mar-a-Lago Accord"
There is no problem with trade deficits in principle. If we wish for more capital to flow into the “real economy,” we must prevent crowding out from housing.
"Abundance" Does Not Offer a Viable Electoral Strategy
Whatever its policy merits, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are mistaken to offer Abundance as an answer to Democrats' political woes.
“Adolescence” and the Right’s War on Men
A large part of the media today is devoted solely to making men into terrible people.
