What Donald Trump did and didn’t learn from his childhood pastor Norman Vincent Peale.
Books
Making Nice With the Loan Sharks
Payday lenders thrive because big banks won’t serve the poor, but that doesn’t excuse their predatory practices.
De Sade, War, and Civil Society
The trouble with writing about the first two Terra Ignota books is knowing quite where to begin. They’re dense in ways that much modern science fiction is not. They engage with the existing literature and traditions, but quite unashamedly demand that readers abandon the usual reading protocols. If Gene Wolfe is one obvious point of reference (not… Read more »
Not Yet Falling Apart
Two thinkers on the left offer a guide to navigating the stormy seas of modernity.
Obama’s Considerable, if Shaky, Legacy
What Trump can and cannot unwind.
Why Does Congress Do So Little?
The structural incentives for “losing to win.”
From Spying to Killing
How America’s “secret war” in Laos transformed the CIA.
Arab Fling
How the feckless meddling of Syria’s neighbors made the civil war there worse.
Power to the People
Liberals have lost touch with their populist roots, which calls for a fresh articulation of a very old idea: anti-domination.
Entrepreneurship at Home and Abroad
Why Donald Trump should listen to two visionary businessmen who didn’t support him.
