Who Killed the Third Place?

Third places are dying, and we're killing them. Is there hope for their revival?

Third Shakerism

The work of memory, the meaning of conservatism, and why conservatism isn't the enemy of progress

Am I a Leftist Now?

What even is a conservative these days, anyway?

100 Days that Broke Us

What happened, what changed, and what is never going back to normal

Crossing the Rubicon

Disappearing students. Jailed residents. Defied courts. The crisis is now.

When MAGA Went Maoist

The ideological shift at the core of the dumbest week in American history

When the Best Campaign Strategy is to Just Shut Up

Lessons from Wisconsin and Florida, and a warning of why it's not enough

26 Things I Know About the Signalgate SNAFU

An accounting of the hubris, hypocrisy, and media spin that has compromised our national security.

When "Free Thinkers" Are Neither

When heterodox thinkers embrace a new orthodoxy, who is left to do the hard work?

When The Wheels Fall Off

What happens to a company, a party, a country in crisis?

The Cop-Out

"Malicious compliance" is an attempt to excuse bad policy

Words Matter.