Essays
after charlottesville
Will the Nazi Purge Work?

The problem with Silicon Valley’s suppression of the alt-right isn’t that it’s bad, in principle, for elites to disfavor extremist and incorrect ideas. It’s that tech executives aren’t up to the task.

Parsing the President
The “New” Afghanistan Strategy

It’s a lot like the old Afghanistan strategy, but with Trumpian characteristics.

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Rock-and-Roll
Elvis as Thespian

The King’s contribution to the film canon.

Russia 2018-2024
The Framework of the Power Structures

Does Putin have anything to offer Russia in 2018 other than further concentrating power in his own hands?

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Energy
The Golden Age of Natural Gas

Thanks to the American shale boom and a newly globalized market, natural gas is changing geopolitics around the globe.

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Terror in Charlottesville
In the Shadow of Weimar

Understanding America’s emerging domestic terrorism problem.

Identity Politics Unleashed
Charlottesville and Our Crisis of Political Legitimacy

The Republic is in bad shape—not because of Charlottesville, but because of how our politics are playing out in its aftermath.

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Terror in Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Trump, and Our Bitter Politics

President Trump bears a large share of the blame for the rising tide of bitterness in our nation’s public discourse since this past weekend’s tragedy in Charlottesville.

Art and Self
You Probably Think This Art Is About You

How selfie-taking reconfigures our relationship to art.

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After the Health Care Sideshow

Why Obamacare—and the efforts to repeal it or fix it—are largely irrelevant to the real problems facing the U.S. health care system.

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