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Thursday, August 3, 2017

True Liberalism Will Not Save Us

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It is useful to periodically give succinct statement to some of the conceptual paradigms we rely on. Here's one that often structures my...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Populism, Technocracy, and the Liberal Critique of Democracy

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Democracy is not much in fashion among liberals today. Reeling from the perceived disasters of Trump and Brexit—and the near misses of Le P...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Nationalize Facebook, Twitter, and Google

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Ross Douthat has announced that he will outline a set of ambitious policy proposals. I hope Douthat's forthcoming series will include di...

Patriotism, Nationalism, and Loyalty

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Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru's recent defense of nationalism in the  cover story  for National Review launched a bit of a debate among ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Civic Nationalism and President Trump's Inaugural Address

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There wasn’t much to be excited about in President Trump’s inaugural address last week. The speech’s language itself was, of course, more d...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

Stanley Hauerwas on the Dangers of Community

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I recently came across this excellent interview with Stanley Hauerwas on the limits of the idea of community. The distinction he draws here...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Book Review of Samuel Bowles' The Moral Economy

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I recently published a review of Samuel Bowles' fine new book, The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives are No Substitute for Good Citizen...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Martha Nussbaum on Anger and Retribution

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It is never good news to find yourself disagreeing with Martha Nussbaum. And yet her newest book, Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generos...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Richard Hofstadter on Immigrants and the Progressive Movement

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I had always assumed that immigrants fit reasonably well into the progressive coalition of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of cours...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Two Concepts of Nationalism

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A terrific conversation over lunch a couple weeks ago got me thinking about an important distinction between two concepts of nationalism. ...