May 2015 Archives
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Thursday, May 28, 2015, 7:41 AM
Charles Murray and the D.C. Ideas Industry
What the prominence of a conservative provocateur says about the role of ideas in American government.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 9:00 AM
More Reader Responses: The Progressive Syllabus, Continued
More nominations for a syllabus of left-wing thought — this time focused on foreign policy.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 8:51 AM
Why Liberalism Needs the Reading Public
Why liberals have a lot to lose as media culture changes.
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Friday, May 15, 2015, 7:57 AM
Arthur Brooks and the Desperate Search for a Smarter Conservatism
The ubiquity of Arthur Brooks reveals a self-defeating desperation for smarter conservatives.
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Friday, May 8, 2015, 6:55 AM
A Disturbing Turn in the Culture Wars
Two new pieces suggest one way that the campus culture wars might end — and it’s a worse outcome than anyone imagined.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:39 AM
The Charlie Hebdo Attack, and the Attack Alone
Tarring “Je suis Charlie” through guilt-by-association is not a helpful way to approach free-speech issues.
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Monday, May 4, 2015, 6:13 AM
Searching for a Decent Jade Helm Skeptic
Right-of-center writers: It’s possible that reasonable opponents of Jade Helm exist — and if they do, they have a point.
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Friday, May 1, 2015, 6:37 AM
The Conservative Paranoia Machine: Invasion of Texas Edition
Paranoia strikes deep in the Lone Star state — and why conservative politicians don’t mind very much.
Nathan Pippenger
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News
New York Times, Vox Cover Levi’s Essay on Fracking
The New York Times, Vox: Michael Levi’s Summer 2015 Democracy essay, “Fracking and the Climate Debate,” was recently discussed in The New York Times and on Vox.
Events
Liu Discusses Democracy Essay at Aspen Ideas Festival
The Aspen Institute: On June 29, Eric Liu presented his piece from the upcoming Fall 2015 edition of Democracy, “How to Be American,” at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Liu discussed his essay with Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America, and an editorial advisory committee member of Democracy.
News
Hanauer and Rolf’s “Shared Security” Idea Catches On
The Washington Post: Nick Hanauer and David Rolf’s Summer 2015 Democracy essay, “Shared Security, Shared Growth” was recently cited on The Washington Post’s Plum Line blog and Fusion.
Passa Caglia on
Obama's Quiet Dismantling of Reaganism (1)
Kenneth Obiakor on
Two Ways of Judging Obama's Foreign Policy (1)
Kendall Baxter on
On Libya, a New Kind of American Leadership (3)