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June 2025

Why the right gets George Orwell wrong
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m away this week in Nova Scotia, taking some time away from the usual writing and podcasting before diving back…
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Liberalism's Veil of Ignorance
The following is a review I wrote back in 2020 for Current Affairs of former Obama advisor David Plouffe’s book A Citizen’s Guide to Beating Donald…
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Culture as metaverse
Or the cultural logic of slop-italism
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The Mamdani effect
If socialist Zohran Mamdani defeats Andrew Cuomo in this month's New York Democratic mayoral primary, prepare for an establishment crackup of epic…
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Wonks against democracy
The anti-populist theory of power recently proffered by Ezra Klein betrays the elitist ethos at the core of the centrist vision
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Vulture Capitalism w/Grace Blakeley
Today’s post is the first I’ve published in podcast form here on Substack.
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The Abundance faction doesn't understand Chinese economic development
On a recent episode of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Gray hosted a particularly good discussion of Abundance, the new book by Ezra Klein and Derek…
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May 2025

Jordan Peterson, postmodern bullshit artist
What is "belief"? Are dragons as valid as lions?
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Canada's Royal Visit is embarrassing
Facing a sudden identity crisis, Canada's liberal elites retreat to an older imperial nostalgia
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Carney-ism is off to a shaky start
Is Mark Carney a lethally Machiavellian technocrat or just a slick central banker blessed by the fates? We'll know soon enough.
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Between Seeger and Dylan
Reflections on the meaning of Newport '65
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