The Road Out of Nowhere A new book celebrates Springsteen’s stark 1982 classic, ‘Nebraska.’ Matt Hanson 13 Feb 2024 · 6 min read Photo by Jamie Palmer
The Political Foundations of the DOGE Scam The Trump/Musk administration’s approach to cutting costs makes good political sense in the short-run. But from a longer-run governing perspective, it is a recipe for disaster. R. Shep Melnick 11 Mar 2025 · 7 min read
Hamas and Feminist Dissonance Forced to choose between believing the claims of Israeli women and maintaining solidarity with Palestinians, Western academic feminists chose the latter. Sonya Michel 11 Mar 2025 · 20 min read
An Unsettling Approach to Academic Freedom The American Association of University Professors once defended heterodox thinkers. It now supports mandatory DEI statements and calls rival organisations right-wing stooges. Andy Lamey 10 Mar 2025 · 28 min read
The World Trump Is Building The strong will do what they can and the weak will suffer what they must. Matt Johnson 8 Mar 2025 · 12 min read
Making the World Safe for Autocracy Forced to choose between the values upheld by the National Endowment for Democracy and fealty to Donald Trump, Republicans have opted for the latter. Ronald Radosh 8 Mar 2025 · 15 min read
The Unending Search for Racism The debate about Rickard Andersson’s killing spree has been informed by an unhealthy discourse about race and immigration in Sweden. Dan Korn 6 Mar 2025 · 7 min read