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James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy
Yascha Mounk and James Traub examine how progressive teaching methods are producing citizens who can’t think critically.
May 23
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Yascha Mounk
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Why Trump’s Slush Fund Is So Egregious
The president plans to use tax dollars to reward his friends—and ensure the IRS never investigates him again.
May 22
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Walter Olson
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This Week at Persuasion
INTELLECTUAL BOOTCAMP TODAY AT NOON EASTERN!
May 22
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Leonora Barclay
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Defunding ICE Would Be the Easy Part
What happens when people who have been taught that violence is acceptable are suddenly without a job?
May 21
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Benjamin Aimlin
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Intellectual Bootcamp Tomorrow!
Reading David Graeber's "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs."
May 21
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Sam Kahn
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Ahmadinejad Leading Iran? Color Me Skeptical
Why the newly revealed American-Israeli plan never stood a chance.
May 21
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Saeid Golkar
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Join Us At LibCon 2026!
Want to hang out with Yascha, Frank, and other leading liberal thinkers? Of course you do!
May 20
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Persuasion
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Britain’s Far Right Want Power
What I saw at Saturday's “Unite the Kingdom” rally.
May 20
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Luke Hallam
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What Xi Knows That Trump Doesn’t
Threnody for a once great democracy.
May 19
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Francis Fukuyama
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Marc Lipsitch on Playing Pandemic Roulette in the Lab
Yascha Mounk and Marc Lipsitch also discuss how worried we should be about Hantavirus and Ebola.
May 19
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Yascha Mounk
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When Civilian Space Becomes a Security Weapon
The meaning of Iran’s war without boundaries.
May 18
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Saeid Golkar
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Jason Brodsky
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Why AI Is a Train, Not a Bicycle
And why that’s a very bad thing.
May 18
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Tim Requarth
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