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America First, Americans Last
American service members are dying. Civilians across the Middle East are dying. People are being killed. Whatever anyone wants to say publicly, whatever language they use to soften it, we are obviously at war. The consequences won’t stop on the battlefield. Oil prices are going to rise, and when oil rises the cost of transportation… — read more
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War Does Not Bring Peace: The Dangerous Illusion Behind the Iran Conflict
Today we learned that, tragically, three United States service members have been killed in Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Several others have been horribly injured. Across the Middle East there have been many casualties, including in Israel, and potentially hundreds in Iran—many of them civilians. Perhaps the larger tragedy in all of this is how… — read more
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War Without a Plan: What Happens After the Strike on Iran?
I did not wake up this morning with any desire to talk about Iran, war, or the Middle East. There are far more pressing issues in American politics. But this is where we are. America and Israel struck Iran last night, and now many people are asking the same question: what now? What is going… — read more
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The Real Danger Isn’t AI — It’s Thinking Like It
Recently, Sam Altman made comments comparing the energy required to power artificial intelligence systems with the energy required to raise human beings. Around the same time, another story emerged: in a wargame simulation, an AI system reportedly chose to deploy a tactical nuclear weapon 95% of the time. At first glance, these two stories seem… — read more
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The Shrinking American Path: How We Lost the Good Life — and How to Build It Back
I have two older sisters, both born in the late 1970s. I fall into that in-between group people sometimes call Xennials — old enough to remember life before the internet, young enough to be fully fluent in it. That timing matters more than we tend to admit, because we didn’t just grow up in different… — read more
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The Cost of Living Crisis: Why One Paycheck Is Already Gone Before It Arrives
The Cost of Living. It should have been the focus of the State of the Union and the Democratic response. It wasn’t. Because if we’re going to have an honest conversation about politics in America, it needs to start with the cost of living. Not as a slogan. Not as a talking point. Not as… — read more
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Before the Spectacle: How Power Rewrote the Law
In recent years, many Americans have argued that the “rule of law” is under threat, particularly in the era of Donald Trump. Much of that concern has come from members of the legal profession itself. There is understandable anxiety about constitutional norms, equal justice, and whether anyone truly stands above the law. But there is… — read more
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Why Trump Supporters Still Believe Donald Trump: Trust, Resentment, and the Politics of Emotional Loyalty
The Incomplete Explanations For nearly a decade, commentators have tried to explain the rise and resilience of Donald Trump. Some trace it to backlash against the Civil Rights Movement. Others point to the hyper-partisanship of the 1990s under Newt Gingrich. Some focus on the election of Barack Obama. Others argue that the Democratic Party’s treatment… — read more
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Tariffs, Power, and False Protectionism: Why the 15% Global Tariff Isn’t a Real Economic Plan
Donald Trump’s proposal to impose a 15% global tariff on nearly all imports is being framed as strength. It is being sold as leverage. It is being marketed as patriotism. But stripped of rhetoric, it looks less like strategy and more like desperation. This is not a carefully constructed economic framework. It is not part… — read more
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Is the Supreme Court Sustainable — Or Is It Time to Demand Something Better?
Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision striking down a large portion of President Trump’s tariffs will be discussed endlessly in terms of trade policy and executive authority. But tariffs are not the real story. The real story is the Supreme Court itself — what it is, what it is supposed to do, and whether it can continue… — read more
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