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Elon Musk and the Decline of Western Civilization
Silvio Berlusconi invented the modern oligarchy. Musk is expanding it.
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Francis Fukuyama
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A Letter From An Iranian
My family is in Tehran. Here's what this war means to me.
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How Art Lost Its Way
An unserious culture lacks the ability to sustain high art.
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William Deresiewicz
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Why Woke Failed
The movement was based on flawed understandings of human nature.
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Michael Shermer
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The Deep Roots of the Left’s Deafening Silence on Hamas
There are serious ideological reasons why parts of the left have gone so badly astray. The implications go far beyond the conflict in the Middle East.
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Yascha Mounk
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100 Days of Ressentiment
Donald Trump’s disregard for law—and thirst for revenge—mean worse is to come.
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Francis Fukuyama
12
The Blogger Who Hates America
Curtis Yarvin’s popularity keeps growing. His intellectual rigor, not so much.
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Cathy Young
12
Enshittification
The culture war nobody's talking about.
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William A. Finnegan
20
Eulogy for a Republic
A former government official prepares to leave the United States.
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William A. Finnegan
26
Reason To Believe
How and why irrationality takes hold, and what do to about it.
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Steven Pinker
14
Why You Should Feel Good About Liberalism
We need to get better at standing up for the greatest social technology ever devised.
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Jonathan Rauch
5
Sins of the Father
The United States is joining the ranks of patrimonial states. It’s nothing short of a revolution.
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Stephen E. Hanson
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Jeffrey S. Kopstein
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