Political Virtues: Liberalism Versus Tribalism
“Two visions of America” are locked in a “vicious, bloody, and unending” fight writes Celeste Marcus1. In her view liberalism and tribalism ceaselessly struggle “for…
A Castrating Moment for Trump’s Death-Driven Campaign
The uniting enjoyment of Trump supporters is derived from their perception of being repressed by an external parasitic force, through which their coll…
A Critique of the Critique of the Administrative State
Lately, there’s a desire on both the left and the right to repeal the 20th century, to repudiate the bureaucratic administrators.
Democracy’s Demigods and Political Superheroes
Treating our politicians like superheroes, or for that matter supervillains, is not a good idea. It’s hard not to notice how badly people want someone…
The Perversion of Liberty: Libertarianism and the Crisis of Argentina
In what was rumored as a state of inconsolable grief, Javier Milei ordered four lab-grown clones of Conan, the Argentinian president’s dead English Mastiff. Bearing…
On Illusions and Assassination Attempts
The magic trick works inside-out: because there is no sleight-of-hand, the audience demands for one.