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100 Days that Broke Us
May 01, 2025

100 Days that Broke Us

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
Crossing the Rubicon
Apr 16, 2025

Crossing the Rubicon

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
When MAGA Went Maoist
Apr 09, 2025

When MAGA Went Maoist

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government
When the Best Campaign Strategy is to Just Shut Up
Apr 02, 2025

When the Best Campaign Strategy is to Just Shut Up

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government
26 Things I Know About the Signalgate SNAFU
Mar 26, 2025

26 Things I Know About the Signalgate SNAFU

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
PsychologyPsychology
+2+2
When "Free Thinkers" Are Neither
Mar 20, 2025

When "Free Thinkers" Are Neither

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government
When The Wheels Fall Off
Mar 13, 2025

When The Wheels Fall Off

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

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
PsychologyPsychology
+1+1
The Cop-Out
Feb 27, 2025

The Cop-Out

"Malicious compliance" is an attempt to excuse bad policy

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government
Words Matter.
Feb 20, 2025

Words Matter.

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
Who's the Radical Here?
Feb 13, 2025

Who's the Radical Here?

Is it the two crazed men trying to consolidate power overnight, or the bipartisan slate of respected jurists standing in their way?

Bear Smith
Bear Smith
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