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There is a fault in contemporary left politics that is easy to miss because it looks like a virtue. The new new left is rich in moral clarity about...
Once class recedes and the professional class sets the agenda, politics changes character. It becomes a contest over symbols rather than substance,...
Ideas do not float free of the people who hold them, and the abandonment of class has a sociological shape. The center of gravity of American...
The founding insight of the socialist tradition was that the central conflict of modern society is a relation, not a sentiment, between those who own...
When John Roberts appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2005, he offered one of the most memorable metaphors in confirmation hearing...
If the American political system cannot restrain Trump, apparently oil traders and bond markets can. Global capitalism is once again doing what the...
The Trump administration loves to advertise its trophies. Biggest economy. Strongest borders. Toughest posture anyone has ever seen. But there is...
Lebensraum was the political philosophy that guided twentieth-century German expansionism. It reached its most lethal expression under Hitler. Rooted...
Kleptocracy, crony capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, carbon politics or Kissinger-style politics. Call it what you wish. But the Trump semi coup...
October 6 is the first Monday of the month. It is the traditional start of the U.S. Supreme Court term. It is also the twentieth year with John...
People are hailing the decision by ABC, Disney, and their corporate mascot Mickey Mouse to put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air as some grand victory for...
It’s that time of year when the days get shorter. The air turns crisp. The shadows stretch longer. And school starts. It’s also that time when yet...
Cruelty is the worst of all human vices. The intentional infliction of pain upon others, when done at the individual level, is called murder,...
The cold truth is this: political violence works. The assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota state legislators remind us again...
Donald Trump's deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles represents a new and dangerous phase for American democracy. His actions should be taken...
Trump’s tariffs and war on free trade signal the end of an experiment in globalism that began in the 1990s with NAFTA and the breakup of the Soviet...