Archive - Notes from the Middleground

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A letter sent on October 23, 2002

6 hr ago

Liberalism remains the best option

15 hr ago

What do Agnes Callard’s experiments in living have to do with “Everything Everywhere All at Once”?

Mar 17

The right can't defeat the woke left. Only liberalism can.

Mar 15

It’s a beautiful day for a relaunch

Mar 13

Thoughts on the allure of affixing scarlet letters

Mar 8

But then what is he? Maybe just a champion of illiberal democracy

Mar 6

Should a liberal care only about rights?

Mar 3

Yes, I’m doubling down on the argument of my guest essay in the New York Times

Mar 1

February 2023

A NYT op-ed, a couple of incisive essays, and the Substack is a-changin’....

Feb 27

DeSantis has clarified some things about where he stands on foreign policy. But a big question remains.

Feb 24

Is Bronze Age Pervert a “rogue disciple” of Allan Bloom?

Feb 22

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