“Sadly, for past the 40 years, this yearning for an impossible yet fantastical other is one that has become increasingly shared by those on the Left.”
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An Experiment in (Lefty) Roleplaying?
Bill Vitek: In Pursuit of Better Agriculture (and a Better Society)
“The way we farm and the way we think are connected—that’s our premise.”
Rep.-elect Carolyn Bourdeaux: Why She Ran, and Hope for the Future
“One of the big issues was health care reform; my own parents struggled with the cost of prescription medications, using up all of their discretionary income to pay for my father’s insulin and other medications.”
Four Ways Freedom Has Been Understood
“In this brief article, my final for the year, I will discuss four different ways freedom has been conceived of in the European philosophical tradition.”
Gad Saad’s “The Parasitic Mind”: A Reasonable Premise Gone Awry
“At the time the aforementioned Heterodox Academy report was published, firings of conservatives had doubled, yet left-leaning professor firings had spiked by 950%.”
Mayor Justin Elicker: Lessons from New Haven, CT
“It’s clear that so many cities are going through a lot of the same challenges that New Haven is facing right now.”
Christian Conservatism and Neo-Gnosticism: A Reply to Nick Opyrchal
“However, Žižek’s entire point is that the dialectical method reveals a shocking truth about the world: that certain limitations cannot be overcome because they are built into the structure of reality itself.”
Preview: “A Critical Legal Conception of Liberalism and Liberal Rights”
“My new book, A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights, holds that liberalism is best understood as a political and moral doctrine committed to two fundamental principles.”
How Democrats Can Win Back Cuban and Venezuelan Voters
“For those accustomed to political polarization, it is easy to transition into this hyper-polarized political climate in the United States and readily pick a side.”
Žižek and Milbank: The Monstrosity of Christ?
“However, the purpose of this reading is to stress—contra more conservative interpreters like Milbank—that the disordered post-modern world that we inhabit is not a firm break with Christianity.”
How Online Meme Culture Fails the Left
“As such, it is not simply the case that coherent political dialogue is difficult via the Internet; it is difficult, in large part, because of the Internet…”
Interview: Running for Congress as a Communist
“I offer an alternative to liberal-style capitalism or conservative-style capitalism. Both are neoliberal at the end of the day.”
On Donald Trump, the Person
“Throughout my writings on post-modern conservatism, I have generally avoided discussing President Donald Trump’s personality.”
Pharmakon V: Culture Wars—Trickle-Down Economics vs. Trickle-Down Morality
“Without this circumspection, advocacy appears heavy-handed, tone-deaf, mistimed, and ultimately self-defeating, to the detriment of the downtrodden.”
Ten Books Every Progressive Should Read to Understand the Right
“One question I am often asked by engaged leftists is what texts are most helpful for understanding the political right.”
