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Is American Democracy Backsliding?

When you start looking into it, The United States doesn't compare favorably to other democracies. In fact, we have all the warning signs...

Protecting Property, Not People

Recent events show us that the United States' legacies of wealth and racial inequality continue to reverberate in unison. So far I’ve...

Iran Illiteracy

The Iran crisis has demonstrated that Americans are geographically, historically, and politically illiterate. There could be terrible...

The Global Ideological Shift

The United States is taking the wrong side in a three-way standoff between democracy, illiberalism, and dictatorship. With all the fervor...

Confronting the Culture of Violence

It’s time to think differently about mass shootings. These events aren’t random. Mass shootings, and public violence in general, are...

The Presidency and the Rule of Law

Supposedly being good at your job does not mean you can commit crimes. Trump's been trying to build a case all summer for keeping him...

Four Mini-Essays About The News

In lieu of my usual walls of text, here’s some scattershot thoughts. - World War III isn't happening, guys. Russia knows better than to...

Country Music and the Volk

Do Ernest Gellner's theories of nationalism explain the rural consciousness movement? Given the political climate I want to make a pitch...