Culture in America
The Meaning of the Super Bowl

In the age of drones, football is war between individual men.

Garbage In Garbage Out
The Oligarch List That Wasn’t

The Trump Administration has undermined the deterrent effects of a law meant to prevent Russian meddling in future elections.

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PR vs. Reality
The Apple Tax Giveaway

One of the biggest beneficiaries of the Trump tax cuts is in Cupertino.

Sincerest Form of Flattery
Plebiscites Masquerading as Elections

Authoritarians’ New Year’s resolution: to have their votes be as close to a Napoleonic plebiscite as they can!

Bowling Together
Saving Civil Society From Itself

Could it be that an important part of our problem today is that people tend to cooperate… too much?

Addendum
All in for Viktor Orbán

A new report from the Senate shines a light on Viktor Orbán’s machinations.

Better Angels
My Debate with “Dialogue”

Why is dialogue seen as “blue” by folks from “red” states? And what should be done about it?

Norms and the Law
Common Sense and Sensibility

Or, why attire matters.

The View from England
Why Harry Potter Is a Tory

American liberals’ love for J.K. Rowling misses the profound British conservatism of her books.

Correcting Conventional Wisdom
Strictly Speaking, Populists Do Not Exist

Populism is a means of doing politics, not an ideology. Getting this simple fact wrong leads well-meaning people down dangerous, anti-democratic paths.

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