Category: Politics

Prediction Markets Suggest Replacing Biden

Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten: Some of the party’s problems are hard and have…

The Real Modern Struggle: Democracy and Authoritarianism

by Mindy Clegg at 3 Quarks Daily: The Cold War ended somewhere between 1989 and…

Julian Assange—Journalist or Jerk?

By Matthew Gault at Newsweek: No person is just one thing. I believe that strongly…

Dan Carlin on Podcasting, History, and Hero Worship

Nick Gillespie at Reason: In March, Reason‘s Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great…

The Problem(s) of Democracy

From Wisdom of Crowds: Institutions in decay: In the past, Ezra Klein argues, American political…

Agreeing to Our Harm

Marilynne Robinson in the NY Review of Books: Some years ago I spoke at a…

Mary L. Trump: Why I’m Still With President Biden

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump: It would be absurd to pretend that…

For Trump, the Debate Was Another Chapter in the Rewriting of Jan. 6

By Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: About halfway through Thursday night’s presidential debate,…

How America Got Into This Omnishambles

Yascha Mounk at Persuasion: America is in deep, deep trouble. Before Thursday’s debate, the leading contender…

From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War: How Ethiopia’s Leader Beguiled the World

Tom Gardner in The Guardian: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know anything about Abiy Ahmed.” The…

Ray Dalio: The Coming Great Conflict

“From studying 50-plus civil wars and revolutions, it became clear that the single most reliable…

Presidential Debate: Will this Election Come Down to the “Double Haters”?

Liz Wolfe at Reason: Many have theorized that the fence sitters in this election aren’t…