Political theorist Steven Klein will be the new holder of the Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy at UBC starting July 1, 2027.

On Marco Rubio’s Athens Speech

But ask me why and I'll spit in your eye

Reading, Watching 10.04.26

The Function of Conservative Intellectuals

A review of Anton Jäger’s “Hyperpolitics”

The Right Wakes Up to Fascism...Kinda

Reading, Watching 09.20.26

The Real AI Risk is to Culture Itself

25 Years Since

The Contradictions of Trumpism

A Bad Infinity

the junk shop of history. Click to read Unpopular Front, by John Ganz, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Odysseus’s Palace

Nothing Left but the Mess

Reading, Watching 08.23.26

Not President

A visit to the Hydra Historical Archive Museum and searching for silk

Special Edition

Old Wine in New Bottles

Reading, Watching 07.19.26

The French Revolution as It Appeared to Enthusiasts

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

Trump v. Barbara and its Meaning

Read Max and Unpopular Front Reunited

Making Sense of the Supreme Court

Reading Watching 06.28.26

Alan Greenspan's Legacy

And We Lost

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A Lay Sunday Sermon on the Knicks

Reading, Watching 06.07.26