Politics

The Language of Complicity: When Liberalism Cannot Name Fascism

The Deportation of Brian Morales García, American Citizen

High School Contemporaries Allard Lowenstein and Roy Cohn as Two Distinct Sides of America’s Character

A Look Back at SDS, Michael Harrington and the Decline of Marxism 

Empathy and the Polity: Jacinda Ardern’s Tenure as Prime Minister of New Zealand

 Transparent Politics

Farewell Truth and Trust?

From India to Gaza: Youth Revolts and the Struggle to Break Open the Future

From Biden’s Potemkin Presidency to Trump’s Potemkin War

The Right vs. the Right: Conservative “Liberals” in the Age of Trump

Trump, Elections and Democracy: How We Can Move Beyond Electoral Fetishism

Holy Texas

Marco Rubio and the Myth of the “Communist Refugee”

“Wrap It Up, Trotsky!” On the DSA Guidelines for Respectful Discussion

Stealing Democracy: Trump’s Assault on Birthright Citizenship

America at 250: From a Contested Past to a Fascist Future?

Roaming Charges: The American Mirror

Tom Blanton, Awesome Antiwar Artist, RIP

My Conversation With Karl Marx About Donald Trump

There is No Going Back: How Democracies Can Begin Again

Priapic Ambitions: Notes on George Washington

Second Thoughts About Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Mail Voting Proposal: Make an Example of Steiner

Starmer Begone: Another Dud Leaves Number 10

2026 Isn’t the First Time Christians Have Tried to Claim the United States as Their Own

What’s Wrong With the American Left: The Indifference to Governing

Roaming Charges: Call the Shrink

Term Limits? OK, But Here’s How to Do Them Right

Obama’s Chicago Eyesore

Fund the Safety Net, Not ICE

Elon Musk and the Politics of Trillionaire Fascism

Enough Protests: The Case for an American Réveil

Trump Breaks It, We Pay for It: The Cost of Cleaning Up the Deep State’s Mess 

The Second Coming of Manifest Destiny

What’s Wrong With the American Left: Captured by the Professional Class

The Donald’s Dictionary

Europe is Distancing Itself From Trump’s Narcissistic Actions

Combatting and Overcoming Administrative Obstacles to Voting

Xavier Becerra Says We Must Think About the Future of Humanity — Then Cashes Checks from Chevron

Trump’s 2026 SOTU Speech: Economic Obfuscation and Political Theater