Viewpoints
Bill Witt, “Greeting at $2.00 Shoes, Lower East Side, New York City,” Art Institute of Chicago
All Politics Is Local
The Elite Blind Spots on Immigration

Immigration is a lot more complex than the simple morality-play version we typically get from the media. If you want to understand why, try talking to your neighbors.

(Wikipedia Commons)
Thousand-Word Pictures
The Quintessence of Trumpism

A recent gaffe illustrates the dark core of Donald Trump.

Robber Barons with Hoodies
Anti-Trust in the Age of Facebook

There’s a long American tradition of breaking up companies that have managed to accrue inordinate concentrations of market power. It’s time to dust it off for the digital era.

Of Lemons and Lemonade
Between A Rock and A Hard Brexit

Like it or not, a hard Brexit is overwhelmingly likely. The goal, now, has to be to make the best of it.

After The Debates
The Democrats vs. Trump’s Electoral Strategy

Keep an eye on the big picture: Trump may not need to win the popular vote to earn a second Presidential term—especially if the Democrats neglect the Electoral College.

The Old Gods And The New
The Neo-Paganism of Jordan Peterson

In the materialist gospel of right-wing atavism, longevity and teleology are one and the same.

(Richard Misrach, Art Institute of Chicago)
Foreign Influence
Playing with Fire on Election Security

If one foreign power continues to shred, on an ever-more daring basis, the integrity and inviolability of our electoral process, other foreign powers will draw lessons and follow. And they won’t all be pitching in on the Republican side. 

E Pluribus Unum Again
Rebuild American Patriotism

The very idea of America has been whittled down in our schools and institutions—“deconstructed,” some might say—in favor of a kind of cacophonous tribalism. It’s time to restore the values and ideals that keep us together.

The Mayor Boris Johnson in Tooting, South London, Thursday November 24, 2011. Photo by Andrew Parsons/ Parsons Media
BoJo Takes Over
The Brexit Nightmare

Boris Johnson is Prime Minister. The prognosis still looks bleak for Brexit.

Diego Rivera, “Man at the Crossroads” detail (Wikimedia Commons)
Back to the Future
Neo-Socialism and the Rise of the Machines

Today’s emergent socialism is less an attack on liberalism than a wake-up call to mainstream politicians sleeping through the tech revolution.

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