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Making Sense of Contemporary Political Theory
Three ways of telling the story of the past eight decades
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Damon Linker
Lament for the Declining Art of Editing
Thoughts inspired by Taylor Swift’s 31-song notebook dump
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Trumpism's Prophet
On Samuel Francis’ diabolical vision
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America in the Middleground
Biden strives to keep the U.S. engaged in an increasingly chaotic world without hastening its slide into greater disorder
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Don't Blame Trump for Pro-Life Struggles
Maybe people are becoming more pro-choice because they don’t like living in a country where pro-lifers get their way
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Why is Biden Struggling? Because America is Broken
My latest in the New York Times
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The Anti-Israel Left and the Righteous Swastika
Scattered, unsettled thoughts on the ongoing war in Gaza—and how Israel's critics are responding to it
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My Syllabus
For my course at Penn in Contemporary Political Theory
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The Origins and Fate of the Neoliberal Order
How I present contemporary political theory to my students
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March 2024

Seven More Months of ... This?
A rant about three things that really irritated me this week
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Media Criticism Isn't Politics
Everyone’s favorite online pastime accomplishes much less than most people realize
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Neoconservatism’s Populist Mistake
A look back at what the neocons once knew, and what they later forgot
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