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Fake News and False Consciousness
Zuckerberg’s Gamble

Facebook is taking a major and controversial step to appease its mostly-liberal post-election critics.

Immigration Debate
Democrats Don’t Have the Vocabulary to Oppose Trump’s Labor Secretary

By buying in so fully to the language of cosmopolitanism, the Democrats may have undermined their best defense against a fast food CEO who as Labor Secretary might seek to undo many priorities of the economic Left.

media watch
Fake News Hysteria Will Make the Fake News Problem Worse

The panic over fake news is a manifestation of the same attitude that led the mainstream media to lose authority in the first place.

separation of powers
Why Democrats Might Be Thankful for the Roberts Court

The third branch could be a bulwark against Trump’s potential abuses of power.

confirmation bias
The New Yorker Exposes a Fake News Fraud

The anti-Trump establishment falls prey to conspiracy theorizing and paranoia.

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Donald Trump's World
Goldman Sachs Populism

Those looking to counter the Trump Administration and police its inevitable abuses need to understand the real nature of the President-elect’s populist appeal.

return of history
Who Threatens Liberal Democracy?

The perils of painting Donald Trump as the sole avatar of the new authoritarianism.

institutions and legitimacy
Social Science Neglects Big Questions

Western academics should be asking deeper, more difficult-to-answer questions about human behavior.

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self-congratulation
“Fake News” Is the New “Bregret”

The self-destructive tendency of elites to chalk up ballot box defeats to voter ignorance.

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The Trumpquake
Will Trump’s Infrastructure Bill Be a Blue Model Boondoggle?

Donald Trump’s promise to spend hundreds of billions of dollars rebuilding U.S. infrastructure may create unusual political dynamics on Capitol Hill.

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