“With that said, however, as a country with a 70-year commitment to welfarism, it would not be desirable to substitute this for Russia’s brand of plutocratic capitalism.”
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Why the Left Is Accepting Finnish NATO Membership
Woke Culture Isn’t Nihilistic
“If the woke activists who are willing to wake up at 5:00 am to march for racial justice are nihilistic, they sure seem to find nihilism plenty meaningful and inspiring.”
Do David Brooks and the New Right Share Common Threads?
“The general public—and not the elite—is, in fact, the primary obstacle to the New Right’s political project.”
Review: Michael Millerman’s “Beginning with Heidegger: Strauss, Rorty, Derrida, Dugin and the Philosophical Constitution of the Political”
“However, its veneration of far-right thinking (sometimes qualified but always in the most intellectualized vein) undermines its claims to genuine seriousness.”
Dwight Evans: The VICTIM Act and Combating Crime
“No one is exempt from being a victim of some sort of crime. And it’s very appropriate that I use that title [of victim] in terms of the VICTIM Act.”
Who Will Guard the Guardians: Dilemmas of Policing
“Policing needs to be seen as a profession to whose ranks people of every class might plausibly aspire.”
Keeping Wounds Green
“In the aftermath of the fiasco that was the Fall of Kabul, it was predictable that American commentators would detect a mirroring effect of the Afghan loss on political crises in the United States.”
Excerpt: “Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency”
“The End of Suburbia lays out the argument that with oil production peaking somewhere around 2027–28, and from then on heading into a steep decline, the living standards of those in suburbia will decline also.”
The Queens on the Throne of Kings
“Presiding over a declining empire is more arduous than presiding over one that is rising.”
Anne Kim: The AP Exam and the Standardized Testing Debate
“I think the downside of going test-optional, the downside of ignoring what assessments tell you, means that you might end up ignoring the underlying structural problems and never fixing the inequities.”
Review: “The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality”
“Now, given that genetics matters for these things, which, in turn, drive inequality, we should take genetics seriously if we are truly committed to egalitarianism.”
Review: “The Memeing of Mark Fisher”
“Located within the framework of the Frankfurt School’s critical theory, The Memeing of Mark Fisher boldly riffs on everything from conspiracy theories and memes to economic policy and election campaigns…”
“A Certain Terror”: A White Male Perspective on Being an Ally
“But that raises another thorny question: Given all the excellent books by women and people of color, why am I writing at all? Why am I not simply recommending other people’s work to men and white people?”
Excerpt: “The End of the End of History”
“History ended in 1989. In 2008, the economic order was shaken. The political reckoning arrived in 2016. By 2020, the End of History was over.”
UFOs, Zombies, and Our Cyborg Futures
“However, without wishing to entertain hyperbole, we may conversely deem this great exposé to be rather trivial—even inconsequential—especially when considering the increasingly ‘extraordinary’ nature of our own existence.”
