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The American Political Stalemate

American politics is stuck in trench warfare. Over the past half-century, since Lyndon Johnson enacted his Great Society agenda on a wave of liberal optimism, neither party has enjoyed sustained…

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8 min

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Liberalism and Legal Rights

Defining liberalism is tricky. For some, as Maurice Cranston puts it, “by definition a liberal is a man who believes in liberty.” But plenty of other political ideologies have stressed…

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6 min

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The Lies About France’s Alleged War on Islam

The aftermath of Samuel Paty’s brutal beheading has reignited tensions between France and parts of the Muslim world. Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan have called for the boycott of French products,…

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7 min

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What the Left Can Learn from Right-Wing Thinkers

Some people on the left believe that those on the right have no strong intellectual heritage, that right-wing politics is based on tradition, hierarchy and obedience, and has no need…

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9 min

Orwell’s “1984” and Trump’s Presidency

After Trump was elected, sales of George Orwell’s 1984 rocketed. In January 2017, around the time Trump was inaugurated, 1984 was the no. 1 best-selling book on Amazon and it…

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Conservative Cancel Culture: Paul E. Gottfried et al’s “The Vanishing Tradition: Perspectives on American Conservatism”

It’s been said that when Germany invaded Russia in June 1941, the Soviet military elite had been so hollowed out by Stalin’s purges that the Red Army had trouble mounting…

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10 min

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Black People, Racism and Human Rights in the UK

The main thrust of the recent Human Rights Joint Committee report entitled “Black people, racism and human rights” has been the failure of governments to act on previous recommendations in…

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9 min

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The Digital Deplatforming of a Gender-Critical Feminist

A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Medium, saying that my account had been suspended because it was in violation of their rules on hate speech. I’m…

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8 min

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The Disease of Inequality that Joe Biden Is Unlikely to Cure

Joe Biden has clinched the White House—something that a large number of Americans find worthy of celebration. But while there is something cathartic about the thought of putting the Trump…

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Jurgen Habermas on the Democratic Project of Modernity

Freedom may never be conceived merely negatively, as the absence of compulsion. Freedom conceived intersubjectively distinguishes itself from the arbitrary freedom of the isolated individual. No one is free until…

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Politics

The American Political Stalemate

Liberalism and Legal Rights

The Lies About France’s Alleged War on Islam

What the Left Can Learn from Right-Wing Thinkers

Orwell’s “1984” and Trump’s Presidency

Conservative Cancel Culture: Paul E. Gottfried et al’s “The Vanishing Tradition: Perspectives on American Conservatism”

Black People, Racism and Human Rights in the UK

The Digital Deplatforming of a Gender-Critical Feminist

The Disease of Inequality that Joe Biden Is Unlikely to Cure

Jurgen Habermas on the Democratic Project of Modernity

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