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Anti-Anti-Trump Conservatives Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism
Highbrow conservative commentators are giving themselves and their readers permission to support Trump by portraying “liberal hysteria” as the real…
Apr 9
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March 2024
What Makes “Project 2025” So Dangerous
Will the Right be able to implement these radical plans? Is Trump on board? What happened to traditional conservatism? Let’s tackle some of the key…
Mar 21
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What Does “Defend Democracy” Actually Mean?
Biden’s State of the Union hinted at a key shift in the liberal imagination: From a merely restorative to a potentially more transformative vision for…
Mar 12
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The Much Vaunted Guardrails Are Failing
Unless America’s leading institutions start acting accordingly, how can we expect enough people to believe the danger to democracy and fundamental…
Mar 7
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February 2024
What “Project 2025” Would Do to America
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal…
Feb 29
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“Project 2025” Promises Revenge, Oppression, and Autocratic Rule
The Right’s plans for a return to power are driven by a radicalizing siege mentality and a desperate desire to restore dominance
Feb 22
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“Project 2025” Promises Revenge, Oppression, and Autocratic Rule
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What the “Biden Too Old” Discourse Is Really About
Let’s evaluate the arguments of those who describe Biden as manifestly unfit – and how they preemptively assign blame for Trump’s possible return to…
Feb 14
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Domination or Dissolution, Rule or Ruin
The Right is fantasizing about secession, “national divorce,” and civil war – because they will not, under any circumstance, accept pluralism.
Feb 7
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January 2024
The Texas Border Standoff Is an Acute Crisis with Terrifying Implications
Is this how America ends? Echoes of nullification crises and Civil War, and the dissolution of the Union
Jan 29
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MLK’s Legacy and the Quest for a Racial Reckoning
A reflection on our distorted, sanitized version of the civil rights struggle, reactionary “backlash,” and the eternal objection of the white moderate
Jan 17
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MLK’s Legacy and the Quest for a Racial Reckoning
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January 6 in History
Was it a key moment in the republic’s eventual demise or a milestone on the road to democracy’s ultimate triumph? The meaning of January 6 is yet to be…
Jan 7
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On Substack’s Nazi Problem, and Ours
Happy New Year! We are off to a depressing start with a reflection on how to navigate the moral quandaries of social media extremism – and a plea to my…
Jan 2
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