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SNCC’s Ghosts, the Fourth Republic, and the Crisis of Liberalism
Liberalism versus nationalism, social democracy versus identity politics: the Fourth Republic’s buried quarrels and the search for a new American order.
Dec 12
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How One Primary Gave Democrats Affordability
Zohran Mamdani’s upset win did not change the map, it changed the script that Democrats now run on.
Dec 11
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The Henhouse Liberalism Built
A response to Matthew Yglesias. What he calls “postliberalism” is often liberalism’s own elite, anemic offspring.
Dec 4
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The 2028 “Ideas Primary” Probably Won’t Be About Ideas
It will be about theories of power...and vibes.
Dec 4
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Pluribus and the Sycophantic AI Hive
Vince Gilligan's show turns an alien hive mind into the ultimate yes-bot: endlessly supportive, catastrophically accommodating.
Dec 3
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November 2025
You Can Hold Her Now
What happens when our friends meet our baby (and themselves) for the first time.
Nov 25
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How South Asian Turnout Redrew New York's Map
The 350% surge that flipped the map for Zohran Mamdani.
Nov 14
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The Heterodoxy Mirage
A yearning for a bygone era that substitutes nostalgia for power.
Nov 12
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The Long Arc of Immigrant Power in New York
What Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech shares with the Irish ward bosses and Jewish socialists who built the city’s first immigrant-powered coalitions.
Nov 6
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Zohran, NYC's Old New Majority, and 2026
Plus four lessons on Democratic populism.
Nov 5
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October 2025
Plato’s Warning About AI
Plato feared that writing would dull the mind. AI risks finishing the job.
Oct 20
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The Mamdani Method
Five lessons to anchor a Democratic Party adrift at sea
Oct 18
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