Essays and conversations about big ideas that don't need a news hook. (Auch auf deutsch 🇩🇪. Aussi en français 🇫🇷.)

A Niskanen Center journal linking ideas, and people, in pursuit of an America where competitive markets and an effective state advance the common good.

Welcome to the Ideas Letter, where heterodox ideas come alive. A project of the Open Society Foundations, The Ideas Letter is published fortnightly.

Chris Cillizza's wit and wisdom on politics -- and a whole lot else too.

Using moral psychology to explain why so much is going wrong

Toward a political theory of the present.

What you need to know about politics and the media each week, with an occasional dash of sports, music and more. For more about me: visit my website: brianrosenwald.com

the quest to "live wisely and agreeably and well"

Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.

A few well-chosen posts 'gainst all the hosts of Midian

It's Ed West's sub stack

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

the junk shop of history

Analysis and reporting on politics and culture in America. Home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL and more. No partisan loyalties. No tribal prejudices.

The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

An ongoing inquiry into the ideological fever that overtook the governing and chattering classes of America during the Trump years

Agreement is nice. Disagreement is better.

Economics and other interesting stuff

Edited by essayist Claire Berlinski, this is Substack's top forum for the discussion of international news among readers and writers, around the world, who are concerned about the future of liberal democracy and the gathering storm of global war.