The Liberal Internationalist A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens. Michael J. Totten 20 Feb 2023 · 19 min read
America’s Forgotten Crisis A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today. Michael J. Totten 17 Dec 2022 · 14 min read
Hofstadter’s Paranoid Style Revisited Hofstadter argued that McCarthyism was simply the latest iteration of a longstanding American tradition. Michael J. Totten 16 May 2022 · 9 min read
Ukraine: On the Fault Line Between East and West Ukrainian nationalism and its clear expression as part of a larger European identity has burst into the open with the power of a hydrogen bomb. Michael J. Totten 14 Mar 2022 · 11 min read
Leaving Portland Leaving was a relief but also a loss. There’s plenty to love about Portland. Michael J. Totten 14 Mar 2021 · 22 min read
'The Report' Review—A Careful Examination of the CIA's Interrogation Methods As unpleasant as this kind of harsh treatment was, defenders of EITs maintained that it fell short of torture. Michael J. Totten 9 Jan 2020 · 10 min read
