American Dreaming
Jamie Paul, Alexander von Sternberg, Johan Pregmo, Jacob Bielecki, Rio Veradonir, John-Paul HydePolitics, culture, and commentary from an outside the box, philosophically liberal perspective.
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Public Trust Isn't Vanishing. It's Migrating.
This episode is an audio narration of a 2023 essay I wrote titled “Institutions and the Reallocation of Trust.” Sadly, this one grows more relevant by the year…
https://americandreaming.substack.com/p/institutions-and-the-reallocation
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Carter Hart and the Kangaroo Court of Public Opinion
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The Vegas Golden Knights are the most successful ice hockey team in NHL history, relative to their...
The Great White Chief: The Story of America’s Worst Senator (So Far)
Senator James K. Vardaman in 1910. Source: Library of Congress
This post is by contributor Jacob Bielecki.
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The recent Supreme Court decision Louisiana v. Callais ruled that a Louisiana congressional map updated to in...
Trans Activists Cannot Crush 1.3 Billion People. But They Can Start a Conversation.
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A version of this essay was originally published in Queer Majority in November 2025, titled “Can 80% of Society Really Be Irredeemable Transphobes?”
Last November, Queer Majority publis...
Why Leftists Are So Uniquely Annoying
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It’s never been easier to despise the political right. It turns out that a Republican president do...
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Writer. Founding editor of American Dreaming. Contributing editor at Bi.org. Former managing editor of Queer Majority. Pasta enthusiast. https://americandreaming.substack.com/
One of the homes of the History Impossible podcast. Thoughts on history, politics, and culture can be found within.
Centrist liberal. History enthusiast, political hobbyist, contributor at American Dreaming. Bylines at Queer Majority and Merion West.
I'm a writer from Metro-Detroit, Michigan with a degree in Communications and History from Oakland University.
John-Paul Hyde is a writer living in Houston. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He has two turtles, a dog, and an old cat with diabetes.
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