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I'm the editor of The UnPopulist
Senior Editor of The UnPopulist. Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA). Views my own.
Author of The Silver Candlesticks: A Novel of the Spanish Inquisition. She is vice chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. She wrote a syndicated column ran for 30 years and was a senior staff member in the Reagan White House.
Thomas Shull is editor-at-large of The UnPopulist and survey research director for the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism.
Matt McManus teaches at Spelman College and is the author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism and The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism amongst other books
Author of "Dictator From Day One: How Donald Trump Is Overthrowing the Constitution and How to Fight Back." Pre-orders: https://amzn.to/4nslh3B Commentary at The Tracinski Letter and Symposium. Director of the Executive Watch for ISMA/The UnPopulist.
I'm a vice president at the Niskanen Center, where we defend liberal democracy and try to revitalize the capitalist welfare state. My Substack is about why that job is so hard, and what happens if we fail.
Gregg Nunziata is the executive director of the Society for the Rule of Law.
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Distinguished Fellow at University of Toronto and Visitor, Massey College Matthews Fellow at Queen’s University and Senior Fellow, Forum of Federations. Former Premier of Ontario, Canadian Ambassador to UN and President of ECOSOC.
Staff writer for The New Republic
Tarnell Brown is an independent economist and policy analyst studying how institutions shape outcomes for disadvantaged groups, emphasizing incentive‑compatible reforms that raise the cost of discrimination while tracking real capabilities.
Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center, is the author of Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law. Twitter: @gabeschoenfeld.
Senior editor at The UnPopulist.
Matt Johnson writes for Haaretz, Quillette, The Daily Beast, and many other publications. He's the author of How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment.
Senior Editor of Arc Digital. Poli sci prof at U. Illinois. Author "Drones and Terrorism." Politics, national security, culture, and occasional nerdery.
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