François Furet: A Man For Our Season Furet feared that there now appeared to be a simultaneous deadening of politics as the apparently unchallengeable hegemony of quasi-liberal democracy grew, and a dangerous backlash against the system. Joshua David 2 Jun 2019 · 10 min read
The Twilight of Liberalism? The rise of populism, of Trump, of opiate epidemics, of bitter polarization, and of yawning economic inequality have tempered the triumphalism of those who once celebrated the inevitable victory of markets and democracy. Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard 21 Apr 2019 · 14 min read
Polarisation and the Case for Citizens’ Juries A standing citizens’ assembly would reveal the people’s considered opinion as opposed to their unconsidered opinion measured by endless opinion polls. Nicholas Gruen 16 Feb 2019 · 9 min read
It Isn’t Your Imagination: Twitter Treats Conservatives More Harshly Than Liberals Harassment and the advocacy of violence are serious issues, and there is nothing morally objectionable about social media companies. Richard Hanania 12 Feb 2019 · 7 min read
Liberal Orthodoxy and the New Heresy Complaint sometimes reflects an honest desire to be able to ask the unaskable, speak the unspeakable, and ponder the imponderable. Erik Gilbert 4 Feb 2019 · 9 min read
Adventures in Adjunctopia Among academics, it is considered a badge of honor to be paid in copies, or not at all. After all, you can’t put a price tag on genius! Steve Salerno 29 Jan 2019 · 6 min read
Suspicion and the Corruption of the Liberal Mind Suspicious reading is applied to any and every medium as well as every form of individual expression. Stephen Harrod Buhner 22 Aug 2018 · 8 min read
The Transhumanism Revolution: Oppression Disguised as Liberation The transhumanist perspective insists that humans have a distinctly separate mind and body, and that what happens to one need not affect the other. Libby Emmons 11 Jul 2018 · 10 min read
Three Justifications for Liberalism The fact that the complex history of liberalism is largely ignored by both its opponents and its alleged friends Matt McManus 26 May 2018 · 10 min read
Can Liberalism Survive? Marxian critique of liberalism is powerful and penetrating. It splits liberalism into two parts—an intellectual part and a social part—and shows a conflict. Uri Harris 15 May 2018 · 13 min read
Harris, Lilla, and the Politics of Identity For only then can reason ensure that the moral and social bonds of universal human brotherhood are sustained. John R. Wood, Jr. 31 Mar 2018 · 5 min read
The Implosion of Western Liberalism By the end of the twentieth century, liberal democracy seemed not only triumphant but, to some, inevitable. Patrick Lee Miller 5 Nov 2017 · 22 min read
Why Liberals Are Turning Against the Internet The bonds of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion would either wither away or perhaps allow numerous tribes to co-exist in and open and tolerant multicultural setting. Leon Hadar 22 Oct 2017 · 11 min read
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics Mark Lilla has written a book asserting that liberals should be more committed democrats. Oliver Traldi 2 Sep 2017 · 15 min read
Is Hayek's Moral Vision Compatible with Democracy? As a young man the great economist was influenced by positivist circles in his native Austria. He expressed no faith or belief in God, and adopted a scientific materialism. David Peterson 10 Mar 2017 · 6 min read
