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How the Libertarian Movement Missed the Authoritarian Moment
Shikha Dalmia's conversation with the Illiberalism Studies Program
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Marlene Laruelle
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The Administration Attempts to Erase Memory of Jan. 6 by Purging Thousands of Pages from Government Website: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our early-June selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
Jun 6
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Executive Watch
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AI's Facelessness Risks Soullessness—and With It Liberalism
Pope Leo's encyclical and Emmanuel Levinas’ philosophy help us see that technology cannot replace face-to-face encounters
Jun 5
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Michael G. Holzman
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Iranians Had a Better Shot of Toppling Their Monstrous Regime Before the War
The country's rulers have become more entrenched and brutal, turning the glimmer of hope during the protests into fear and despair
Jun 3
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Pouya Nikmand
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Trump Isn't Just After Undocumented Immigrants—He Wants 100 Million Americans Purged, Too
Thankfully the Supreme Court is unlikely to scrap birthright citizenship, because that would open the door to mass ethnic cleansing
Jun 1
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David J. Bier
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May 2026
The Disarray of Protestant Churches Is Bad News for American Liberal Democracy: A Conversation with Raymond R. Roberts
It has led to MAGA idolatry on the one hand and shallow do-goodism on the other
May 31
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Berny Belvedere
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Corruption Clouds the Administration’s Vaping Deregulation Push
Democrats should criticize not the policy but the motives behind it
May 30
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Jacob Grier
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Age Limits for Federal Office Are Wildly Popular, But Washington’s Gerontocracy Won’t Hear of it
The incumbency advantage means that once elected, our rulers never have to leave office
May 29
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Andy Craig
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Yale's Mea Culpa Arrives at the Wrong Time
Its splashy self-examination reads less like a serious reform agenda than a carefully choreographed contrition statement aimed at a hostile…
May 27
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Shikha Dalmia
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The Military Is Not His
On Memorial Day, a military veteran and democracy advocate reminds us why keeping the armed forces out of domestic politics isn't optional
May 25
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Christopher Purdy
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Massive Insider Trading Can't Be Ruled Out of Trump's Carnival of Grift: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our late-May selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
May 24
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Executive Watch
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Hasan Piker Is Following in Candace Owens's Footsteps
Responsible liberals must curb him now, before he's uncontrollable—not exploit him to beat Trump
May 23
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Matt Johnson
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