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Late 20th-century culture wars over artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano set the stage for the transgressive Age of…
The Most Important Founder You’ve Never Heard Of
James Wilson’s vision of a Constitution rooted in the people anticipated Lincoln, Reconstruction, and modern constitutional democracy.
Any Iran Deal Will Fail Without a Two-State Solution
Trump wants quick diplomatic wins. But peace agreements that dodge the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are built to collapse.
Cruel Britannia: Why No Prime Minister Can Get Traction
Starmer out as prime minister is no fix in a country where voters keep denying victors electoral mandates.
How Trump Screwed Rural Americans to Help Musk Become a Trillionaire
Trump’s rewrite of rural broadband rules helped Musk steer public money toward Starlink to strengthen SpaceX and screw rural Americans.
Stopping Trump’s Rolling Coup
A fictional but plausible dispatch from 2027 shows why Trump’s rolling coup against the midterms will likely fail.
As Threat Level Reaches “Highest It’s Ever Been,” Trump Sidelines Key Counterterror Program
Trump's refusal to reauthorize FISA Section 702 unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill leaves America vulnerable to terrorist…
How to Contain the Oligarchs
Rule by the rich looks inevitable, but it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America, democracies have found ways…
The Myth of the “Independent Creator”
Much like the economy at large, the platforms like Substack operate on superstar economics, favoring big players over independent creators.
The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars
Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then President Trump cut them loose.