Dear Americans: Your Politics Don’t Have to Be This Toxic
America’s narrowing two-party system is poisoning the greatest democracy in the world.
Stephan Jensen
· 18 min read
United States
A collection of 26 posts
Science and Civil Liberties: The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan
Around 1987, Sagan gave an uncannily prescient lecture to the Illinois state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Steven Pinker, Harvey Silverglate
· 15 min read
The White House’s Specious Gender Manifesto
The White House is claiming that the debate about childhood gender medicine is settled—even as numerous international experts are coming forward to say it‘s not.
Bernard Lane
· 18 min read
Sandinista! The US Left and Nicaragua
Recent events in Nicaragua have caused stirrings of unease among many of Ortega's previously loyal US supporters, and in some cases, strident criticism.
Ronald Radosh
· 18 min read
America the Indispensable
As the US was convulsed by the Floyd protests and violence in 2020, the Chinese foreign minister had the gall to denounce the “systemic and persistent existence” of repression of “people of color.”
Joel Kotkin
· 13 min read
COVID-19 Science Update for March 22nd: Grim Omens in the U.S.
The problem isn’t just the number of ventilators and ICU beds, but also the limited number of staff who can operate such equipment.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
Why Has Kamala Harris's Campaign Fizzled?
The logic of a Harris candidacy rests on her coalition-building skills.
Josh Adams
· 5 min read
Immigration Is Changing America Less than You Think
The enormous level of immigration to the United States has actually done little to change the overall demographics of the country over the past 20 years.
John A. Litwinski
· 6 min read
A Conservative Defence of Refugee Rights
We should be promoting a response that saves lives, defends human freedom, acknowledges our responsibilities, and honours our liberal history.
Charlie Peters
· 6 min read
Does Religion Cause Violence?
Make no mistake, we should be wary of the effects that beliefs might have.
Brian Boutwell, Jonathan Anomaly
· 10 min read
Reassessing Cultural Divisions in the United States
There can be no doubt that the current American political landscape is characterized by polarization and extremism in many forms.
Preston Stovall
· 9 min read