The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.

YouTube video by Liberal Currents

Consolidated liberal democracy is the only path to enduring peace.

Are drones fundamentally altering the nature of war for the worse, not for the better?

YouTube video by Liberal Currents

Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."

Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."

We know what to do with Trump and his stooges. The harder question is what to do with the ordinary Americans we will have to live alongside afterwards.

Hanania is a reminder of the dangers of rehabilitating extremist intellectuals.

Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.

To be only masculine or only feminine is to be half a human being.

Chapter 21 (pp. 169–175) from The Reconstruction Papers.

A leader operating beyond the margins of the law can yet eventually be defeated in a free and fair election.

Mike Sacks of Court Accountability Action interviews Adam Gurri on The Reconstruction Papers.

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