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The Protestant Aristocracy: Deconstructing the Myth of the Christian Nation
The Myth Begins Imagine the scene. A stage in Iowa is draped in velvet and backlit by a glowing LED screen. A politician leans into the microphone. “We need to return to our roots,” they declare to a sea of nodding heads. “We were founded as a Christian nation, and our departure from that is… — read more
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The Unfinished Revolution: From Subjects to Citizens
The more I write, the more I research American history, and the more I try to figure out how we got to where we are today, the more I can’t help but notice one thing: we aren’t as far from where we started as we like to believe. We like to think this country has… — read more
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If I Had One Day to Fix America, This Is What I’d Do
If I were dictator for a day, I would not waste that day on symbolism, speeches, or half-measures. I would use it to fundamentally reset the incentives, structures, and expectations that govern this country. Not to rewrite everything from scratch, but to correct the most obvious failures; the ones we all see and argue about,… — read more
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Trump’s Iran War: The Moment the Show Jumped the Shark
For nearly a decade, Donald Trump built a remarkably resilient political brand around a simple strategy: avoid responsibility whenever possible. Whether intentionally or instinctively, it worked. Throughout his rise to power and even during the years he was out of office after losing to Joe Biden, Trump perfected a political model built on deflection. If… — read more
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Work Creates Wealth—So Why Don’t Workers Share in It?
There is a growing disconnect between work and wealth—between the people who build companies and the people who profit from them. Imagine two people starting a company with a million dollars. One person earned that money themselves and invested it to build a business. The other inherited a million dollars from their parents and used… — read more
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Fear Fatigue: Why War Doesn’t Rally People Anymore
The Fading Rallying Cry of War For much of modern history, war has been one of the most powerful political tools available to governments. In particular, right-wing governments have often relied on it as a rallying cry. War creates a clear enemy. It demands unity. It calls on citizens to sacrifice, to fight, and to… — read more
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The Exit Door Architects: Why the People Leaving the World Shouldn’t Design It
As we look around the world today—across fascist regimes, authoritarian governments, dictatorships, and even democracies that show increasingly authoritarian or warmongering tendencies—there is one common thread that is difficult to ignore: old men. Old men running countries. Old men airing decades-old grievances. Old men behaving as though the world still exists in the era they… — read more
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America, Israel, and the Conversation Washington Doesn’t Want to Have
The Uncomfortable Question: America’s Relationship with Israel There is no easy way to talk about this topic. It is uncomfortable, politically sensitive, and almost guaranteed to provoke strong reactions. But that does not make it any less necessary to discuss. The issue is Israel—specifically the United States’ relationship with Israel, and whether that relationship still… — read more
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Power by Permission: How Congress Manufactured Executive Dominance
Yesterday I wrote about Congress abdicating its responsibility. But abdication only matters if we understand what was surrendered in the first place. We casually call the President of the United States the most powerful person in the world. The phrase rolls off the tongue as if it were self-evident. Historically, it wasn’t. Domestically, presidents were… — read more
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The Quiet Surrender: Why Congress Chooses Impotence Over Accountability
One of the most pressing political questions of our time is not simply why Congress seems dysfunctional, but how it became so structurally incapable of fulfilling its role. The legislative branch was designed to be the first branch of government — closest to the people, most accountable to voters, and most jealous of its own… — read more
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