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Americans May Be Turning Against Representative Democracy Along With Commitment to Democratic Values
Two major surveys suggest a heightened risk of ‘backsliding’ away from America’s historic checks on autocratic power
Apr 18
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Thomas Shull
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Can India’s Liberal Democracy Recover After a Third Modi Term?
The Hindu nationalist prime minister has attacked minorities and institutions yet is poised for victory in the national elections
Apr 16
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Raghu Karnad
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The False Economic Promise of Populism: A Conversation with Rachel Kleinfeld
Populists rely on big promises and false premises to sell their methods to citizens—the outcome is rarely a happy ending
Apr 14
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Aaron Ross Powell
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What’s the Real Threat to Campus Free Speech?
It isn’t "woke" faculty or students—it’s the administrative state's expansion of Title IX
Apr 12
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Francis Fukuyama
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The Right’s Bogus Claims about Noncitizen Voting Fraud
Trump, Musk, and Vance’s baseless accusations undermine public confidence in American elections and are dangerous
Apr 11
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Walter Olson
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Mar 15
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Radley Balko
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Jordan Peterson: Putin's Useless Idiot
Oct 5, 2022
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Tom G. Palmer
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Does a George Floyd Quackumentary Deserve to be Treated Like Valid Journalism?
Mar 21
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Shikha Dalmia
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Moms for Liberty: Birchers in Heels
Oct 29, 2023
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Robert Tracinski
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Why Are the Finns So Damn "Happy"?
What Nordic liberalism can teach other countries about fostering a worry-free people
Mar 30
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Landry Ayres
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A Tale of Two Grocery Store Visits: Tucker vs Boris
The weird transformation of the former Fox anchor from libertarianism into a Russian propagandist
Mar 8
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Landry Ayres
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What's So Bad About Populism?
It turns dominant majorities against vulnerable minorities
Feb 3
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Landry Ayres
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How Are Some of the Right-Wing Groups Powering MAGA Doing? An Update
Moms for Liberty is sinking and the Bull Moose Project is soaring
Apr 9
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Robert Tracinski
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Does Populism Mean the Death of an Adversarial Media? A Conversation with Matt Yglesias
The popular blogger discusses how technological and political changes are affecting this key liberal institution's ability to hold leaders accountable
Apr 7
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Shikha Dalmia
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Javier Milei: An Illiberal Libertarian?
The Argentine president’s socially conservative populism might trump his free market economics
Apr 5
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David Agren
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The Faithless Are the More Reliable Liberals
Enlightenment rationalists who rejected revealed dogma in favor of scientific inquiry paved the way for open, tolerant societies
Apr 3
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Robert Tracinski
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The Faithless Are the More Reliable Liberals
Enlightenment rationalists who rejected revealed dogma in favor of scientific inquiry paved the way for open, tolerant societies
Apr 3
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Robert Tracinski
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Contrary to Western Understanding, Islam Is a Liberal Faith
No religion can be properly understood based on its most extreme proponents
Feb 22
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Hassan Abbas
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Zahra Hassan
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An Illiberal Hinduism Is a Contradiction in Terms
Hindu fundamentalists are destroying everything that makes their faith unique and profound
Jan 12
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Shashi Tharoor
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Liberalism and Catholicism: Friends Not Foes
Both traditions are rooted in a belief in universal human dignity
Dec 15, 2023
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James M. Patterson
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Buddhism and Liberalism Are Mutually Reinforcing
The faith’s emphasis on accepting impermanence offers an ethical framework for a dynamic, open society
Nov 29, 2023
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Liberal Individualism Has Deep Roots in Protestantism
Illiberalism cannot be reconciled with the core tenets of the faith
Nov 18, 2023
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Rachel Ferguson
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Liberal Ideals Can Strengthen, Not Weaken, Judaism
And the Jewish faith’s emphasis on mitzvah is an antidote to self-absorbed individualism
Nov 3, 2023
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Elliott Malamet
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The Right Can't Love America Because it Hates Liberalism
That's why it is throwing in its lot with Putin and other authoritarians abroad
Apr 1
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Cathy Young
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Why Are the Finns So Damn "Happy"?
What Nordic liberalism can teach other countries about fostering a worry-free people
Mar 30
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Landry Ayres
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Biden vs. Trump Is the Rematch that America Wants
Voters deserve more blame than the system for this dismal contest
Mar 28
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Andy Craig
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The Right's Infatuation With Fascist Strongmen Is Nothing New
Jacob Heilbrunn's book excavates the authoritarian intellectual roots of Trump's MAGA movement
Mar 26
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Steve Chapman
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A Healthy Social Media Might Need Bottom-Up Moderation: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
How can we build online communities that both respect freedom of speech and promote positive dialogue?
Mar 23
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Does a George Floyd Quackumentary Deserve to be Treated Like Valid Journalism?
The Fifth Column tries to rewrite its credulous take on The Fall of Minneapolis by going on the offensive
Mar 21
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Shikha Dalmia
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How Putin Turned Himself Into Russia's New Czar
He just won a fifth term in a land-slide through sham elections against handpicked opponents
Mar 19
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Anders Aslund
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Prime Minister Modi Is Disarming the Opposition Ahead of India's National Elections
His efforts to defund, censor, and harass his critics has created an uneven playing field
Mar 17
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Kian Vesteinsson
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Their flagship publication, The Free Press’, failure to correct an error-filled defense of George Floyd’s killer demonstrates that they are just another…
Mar 15
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NATO: Foreign Entanglement or Effective Alliance? Berny Belvedere and Shikha Dalmia Debate
The UnPopulist editors assess whether this Cold War alliance is still helping buttress liberal democracy
Mar 14
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Berny Belvedere
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Shikha Dalmia
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The Proposed Toxic Marriage Between RFK Jr. and the Libertarian Party Could Hurt Trump
Kennedy now has more in common with MAGA populists than the left
Mar 12
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Andy Craig
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Why Do We Need to Fight Populism?
It's the road to authoritarianism
Mar 10
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Nils Karlson
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The False Economic Promise of Populism: A Conversation with Rachel Kleinfeld
Populists rely on big promises and false premises to sell their methods to citizens—the outcome is rarely a happy ending
Apr 14
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Does Populism Mean the Death of an Adversarial Media? A Conversation with Matt Yglesias
The popular blogger discusses how technological and political changes are affecting this key liberal institution's ability to hold leaders accountable
Apr 7
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Shikha Dalmia
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A Healthy Social Media Might Need Bottom-Up Moderation: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
How can we build online communities that both respect freedom of speech and promote positive dialogue?
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NATO: Foreign Entanglement or Effective Alliance? Berny Belvedere and Shikha Dalmia Debate
The UnPopulist editors assess whether this Cold War alliance is still helping buttress liberal democracy
Mar 14
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Berny Belvedere
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Gaming the Scenarios for Political Violence: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Donald Trump could provoke local warfare in mixed red and blue communities
Feb 25
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Should the Supreme Court Rule Against Kicking Trump Off the Ballot? A Debate
The Washington Post's Jason Willick and The UnPopulist's Andy Craig discuss if Trump deserves to be convicted for insurrection before being denied…
Feb 18
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What Do Efforts to Bar Trump From the Ballot Accomplish? A Conversation with Andy Craig
The UnPopulist editors discuss the dangers of not using Section 3 to disqualify Trump
Jan 28
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Landry Ayres
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The Demand Side of Populism in America: A Conversation with Tom Shull
The UnPopulist survey found that Trump supporters dislike the elites who let immigrants in more than immigrants themselves
Jan 22
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Aaron Ross Powell
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