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The Politics of Apocalypse
In The New York Times Book Review, I write about “End Times Fascism” by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
My second post this week is actually published elsewhere. It’s my New York Times review of Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascis...
Does Liberal Democracy Have a Future?
A smart and stimulating podcast conversation between Ezra Klein and Francis Fukuyama prompts some deep thinking
Though I haven’t confirmed it by counting, I’d be willing to guess that I’ve written more posts about the ideas of Francis Fuku...
September 11 After a Quarter Century—2
In a host of surprising ways, we live in a world remade by the men who hijacked the planes 25 years in the past
This is the second part of a two-part post. Part 1 can be read here.
September 11 After a Quarter Century—1
When the Great Unraveling began
Looking back into my archives here at Notes from the Middleground, I’m startled to discover I haven’t written an entire post devoted to commemorating the September 11 attacks. Each year I mention them in pas...
The Populist Right Reaches the Cusp of Power in Germany
The AfD challenges the liberal center’s cordon sanitaire
I’m working on a two-part post keyed to the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. I was originally going to publish Part 1 on Tuesday, but I also thought I should w...
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Senior Lecturer in Dept of Pol Sci @ Penn. "Notes from the Middleground" at Substack; Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center; author of "The Theocons" & "The Religious Test"; former columnist w The Week
I am a political and media historian at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior editor of Made by History at Time Magazine. Find out more at BrianRosenwald.com
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