Why governing by polls cannot save the Democrats or the country.
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Posted inBooks, July/August 2019, Magazine
The Radicalizations of the American Mind
Why liberals need to grapple with the complexity of the new left.
Posted inBooks, Featured, July/August 2019, Magazine
Why the Left Is Losing the Information Age
Liberals assumed digital technology would help their side. They forgot how power works.
Posted inApril/May/June 2019, Magazine
Editor’s Note: A Usable Past for Liberal Government
Today’s progressives can learn from how previous generations dealt with familiar challenges.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Liberal-Conservative Divide: Unworthy or Unlucky?
It is the process of seeing people as ‘other’ that gives the justification of unworthy it’s platform.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
We Need to Stop Arguing About Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism is a distraction because the lessons we can use from the past don’t come from the 1980s and 1990s.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Broadening the Definition of the Forgotten Man/Woman
Contrary to what you hear in the media, white rural voters aren’t the only ones who are feeling silenced.
Posted inMagazine
Values, Personal Choice, and The Failure of Liberalism
Do you remember the 1980 Republican convention? Think back for a minute and you’ll recall that there was a five-word mantra that recurred over and over—it was printed on the platform, repeated by speaker after speaker, even hoisted on banners. The five words were family, work, neighborhood, peace, and freedom; they were cojoined by a little-known speechwriter named […]
