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Moses Can Lead Israelis and Palestinians Out of Their Bloody Conflict
The prophet revered by Jews and Muslims can help them overcome their ‘darkest hour,’ Mustafa Akyol's historical account shows
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J. L. Wall
3
Trump’s Schedule F Will Create a Civil Service that Serves His Whim Not the Rule of Law
We urgently need reforms to prevent an executive from issuing executive orders to turn bureaucrats into loyal foot soldiers
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Don Moynihan
38
Vance Is Pence, Only Worse
He showed in the VP debate that he'll go much further than his predecessor in enabling Donald Trump's illegal and unconstitutional actions
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Berny Belvedere
13
Israel Can’t Survive by a Go-It-Alone Strategy that Squanders International Goodwill
Its people should not have to spend the next Rosh Hashanah in bomb shelters
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Sam Kahn
23
45:30
Tracking Populist Attitudes Among Americans Going Into the Presidential Election: A Conversation with Tom Shull
Our survey director discusses what ISMA's in-depth new national poll revealed about voters’ feelings toward elites and minorities such as immigrants and…
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Aaron Ross Powell
6
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
 • Radley Balko
110
The Making of the MAGA Hoax About Pet-Eating Haitians
 • Cathy Young
75
A Party Led by the Poster Child of Affirmative Action for the Privileged Shouldn’t Slam Kamala Harris as a DEI Candidate
 • Steve Chapman
68
Jordan Peterson: Putin's Useless Idiot
 • Tom G. Palmer
74

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The UnPopulist Celebrates its Third Birthday
Here is our 'origin story' and our plans to defend and revitalize liberalism no matter what happens this November
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Shikha Dalmia
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Landry Ayres
32
Elon Musk: The Phony Free Speech Absolutist
He censors on behalf of leaders he likes and stands up to those he doesn’t
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Landry Ayres
18
Trump's Lies Are More Injurious than Mere Propaganda
He wants to shatter our shared objective reality and sow chaos
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Landry Ayres
14
Is Ireland's Citizens' Assembly the Solution to the West's Culture Wars?
This intriguing experiment in deliberative democracy liberalized abortion in a Catholic country without deepening polarization
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Landry Ayres
7
Why Do Authoritarians Hold Elections?
They may hate democracy but they can't totally do without it
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Landry Ayres
1
Why Are the Finns So Damn "Happy"?
What Nordic liberalism can teach other countries about fostering a worry-free people
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Landry Ayres
4
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Trump Will Face Justice for Assaulting the Rule of Law Only if He Loses in November
Despite the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, Special Counsel Jack Smith has constructed a compelling case against his efforts to steal the election
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Paul Rosenzweig
6
Many Trump Supporters Will Question a Close Harris Victory—Making Another Jan. 6 a Distinct Possibility, Our Survey Finds
They buy some version of the Great Replacement Theory and believe that elites are selling them out
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Thomas Shull
7
Tim Walz Isn’t a Radical, He’s a ‘Neighbor’
Neighborliness is the Democratic VP nominee’s response to MAGA’s nativist and exclusionary politics
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Alan Elrod
42
All Sides Are Violating International Law in the Escalating Middle East Conflict
If Israel, its neighbors, and the Palestinians played by the rules of war they could forge a path to peace
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Nicholas Grossman
23
The Making of the MAGA Hoax About Pet-Eating Haitians
It exposes the movement’s racist foot soldiers and indicts anti-woke conservative intellectuals like Chris Rufo and Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Cathy Young
75
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Liberalism & Religion

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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
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Robert Tracinski
39
Contrary to Western Understanding, Islam Is a Liberal Faith
No religion can be properly understood based on its most extreme proponents
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Hassan Abbas
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Zahra Hassan
35
An Illiberal Hinduism Is a Contradiction in Terms
Hindu fundamentalists are destroying everything that makes their faith unique and profound
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Shashi Tharoor
11
Liberalism and Catholicism: Friends Not Foes
Both traditions are rooted in a belief in universal human dignity
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James M. Patterson
10
Buddhism and Liberalism Are Mutually Reinforcing
The faith’s emphasis on accepting impermanence offers an ethical framework for a dynamic, open society
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Aaron Ross Powell
9
Liberal Individualism Has Deep Roots in Protestantism
Illiberalism cannot be reconciled with the core tenets of the faith
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Rachel Ferguson
3
Liberal Ideals Can Strengthen, Not Weaken, Judaism
And the Jewish faith’s emphasis on mitzvah is an antidote to self-absorbed individualism
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Elliott Malamet
1
The UnPopulist Celebrates its Third Birthday
Here is our 'origin story' and our plans to defend and revitalize liberalism no matter what happens this November
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Landry Ayres
32
Trump's Attack on Haitians Borrows From Neo-Nazis
His apologists want to deny that an obsession with creating a white ethnostate guides his rhetoric and conduct
 • 
Robert Tracinski
57
Which Variety of Authoritarianism Is Trumpism?
It shares features with fascism but its closest ideological kin at the moment is Orbánism
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Matthew McManus
11
Elon Musk: The Phony Free Speech Absolutist
He censors on behalf of leaders he likes and stands up to those he doesn’t
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Landry Ayres
18
Kamala Harris Might be Less Injurious to the American Economy than Trump
Neither is exactly a devotee of Milton Friedman but at least Harris won’t use fiscal and economic policy to settle personal scores and violate the rule…
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Steve Chapman
43
MAGA Wants to Evade Accountability for Trump's Campaign of Lies and Fear Mongering
The UnPopulist's Post-Debate Analysis: Shikha Dalmia on Trump's populist demagoguery and Berny Belvedere on the right-wing meltdown over the moderators
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Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
28
El Salvador Is a Terrorized State Under Nayib Bukele
His brutal authoritarianism is a threat to innocent civilians just like the gangs it is allegedly fighting
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Joel Looper
15
36:52
Free Speech Means Allowing Full-Throated Condemnations of Odious Views: A Conversation with Popehat
Heterodox free speech advocates can’t stand criticism
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Aaron Ross Powell
14

Podcast

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45:30
Tracking Populist Attitudes Among Americans Going Into the Presidential Election: A Conversation with Tom Shull
Our survey director discusses what ISMA's in-depth new national poll revealed about voters’ feelings toward elites and minorities such as immigrants and…
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
6
36:52
Free Speech Means Allowing Full-Throated Condemnations of Odious Views: A Conversation with Popehat
Heterodox free speech advocates can’t stand criticism
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
14
24:35
Why Is the Illiberal Right Rising in Germany? A Conversation with Tim Ganser
It can tell better stories because it doesn't care about the facts
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Aaron Ross Powell
7
39:19
Is Trump a Fascist or Something Else Entirely?: A Conversation with Nicholas Grossman
He will defeat American liberal democracy through utter contempt for its institutions, not a revolution
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Berny Belvedere
20
54:53
Democratic Institutions Don't Defend Themselves, We Do: A Conversation with Ian Bassin
The head of Protect Democracy discusses how eroding restraints on presidential authority combined with political violence will make a second Trump term…
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Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
10
30:56
Yes, Virginia, There Is Structural Racism in America: A Conversation with Richard Rothstein
Race-neutral housing policies end up entrenching racial inequalities when imposed on a fundamentally discriminatory system
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Aaron Ross Powell
2
37:57
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
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Aaron Ross Powell
2
51:30
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
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Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
13

United States

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Trump’s Schedule F Will Create a Civil Service that Serves His Whim Not the Rule of Law
We urgently need reforms to prevent an executive from issuing executive orders to turn bureaucrats into loyal foot soldiers
 • 
Don Moynihan
38
Vance Is Pence, Only Worse
He showed in the VP debate that he'll go much further than his predecessor in enabling Donald Trump's illegal and unconstitutional actions
 • 
Berny Belvedere
13
Trump Will Face Justice for Assaulting the Rule of Law Only if He Loses in November
Despite the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, Special Counsel Jack Smith has constructed a compelling case against his efforts to steal the election
 • 
Paul Rosenzweig
6
Many Trump Supporters Will Question a Close Harris Victory—Making Another Jan. 6 a Distinct Possibility, Our Survey Finds
They buy some version of the Great Replacement Theory and believe that elites are selling them out
 • 
Thomas Shull
7
Tim Walz Isn’t a Radical, He’s a ‘Neighbor’
Neighborliness is the Democratic VP nominee’s response to MAGA’s nativist and exclusionary politics
 • 
Alan Elrod
42
The Making of the MAGA Hoax About Pet-Eating Haitians
It exposes the movement’s racist foot soldiers and indicts anti-woke conservative intellectuals like Chris Rufo and Ayaan Hirsi Ali
 • 
Cathy Young
75
Trump's Attack on Haitians Borrows From Neo-Nazis
His apologists want to deny that an obsession with creating a white ethnostate guides his rhetoric and conduct
 • 
Robert Tracinski
57
Which Variety of Authoritarianism Is Trumpism?
It shares features with fascism but its closest ideological kin at the moment is Orbánism
 • 
Matthew McManus
11
Elon Musk: The Phony Free Speech Absolutist
He censors on behalf of leaders he likes and stands up to those he doesn’t
 • 
Landry Ayres
18
Kamala Harris Might be Less Injurious to the American Economy than Trump
Neither is exactly a devotee of Milton Friedman but at least Harris won’t use fiscal and economic policy to settle personal scores and violate the rule…
 • 
Steve Chapman
43
MAGA Wants to Evade Accountability for Trump's Campaign of Lies and Fear Mongering
The UnPopulist's Post-Debate Analysis: Shikha Dalmia on Trump's populist demagoguery and Berny Belvedere on the right-wing meltdown over the moderators
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
 and 
Berny Belvedere
28
Trump’s Manifestly Bogus Narrative of American Decline
The country is way ahead of its peers but he and Harris are both proposing economic policies that’ll kill a good thing
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Eli Lehrer
18

World

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Israel Can’t Survive by a Go-It-Alone Strategy that Squanders International Goodwill
Its people should not have to spend the next Rosh Hashanah in bomb shelters
 • 
Sam Kahn
23
All Sides Are Violating International Law in the Escalating Middle East Conflict
If Israel, its neighbors, and the Palestinians played by the rules of war they could forge a path to peace
 • 
Nicholas Grossman
23
Elon Musk: The Phony Free Speech Absolutist
He censors on behalf of leaders he likes and stands up to those he doesn’t
 • 
Landry Ayres
18
El Salvador Is a Terrorized State Under Nayib Bukele
His brutal authoritarianism is a threat to innocent civilians just like the gangs it is allegedly fighting
 • 
Joel Looper
15
Trump’s Manifestly Bogus Narrative of American Decline
The country is way ahead of its peers but he and Harris are both proposing economic policies that’ll kill a good thing
 • 
Eli Lehrer