Thinking about...
Timothy Snyder, Heather Cox Richardson, David Pepper, Phillips P. OBrien, Terry Moran, Lawrence Lessig, Janice SteinOpening the future by understanding the past.
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The Man in the High Castle
Once in a while I will review a book that I happen to come across. Today that is Philip K. Dick’s 1962 classic novel of oppression and liberation, The Man in the High Castle.
We don’t know why we read what we read, nor what a novel will do...
The Era of the Superlosers
The United States and Russia are both losing wars.
And they are losing wars that make no sense, in an uncanny folie à deux, to the benefit of China.
This video, which I filmed after dozens of meetings and public discussions in Europe th...
Copycat Tyranny
If you are American, there is no particular reason you would have heard of Zbigniew Ziobro. He was one of the authors of the attempt to transform Poland into an authoritarian regime. When this was halted by the Polish elections of 2023, he...
On Superpower Suicide
The United States has just spent billions of dollars to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. As justification for the self-destructive mindlessness, the Wh...
Thinking Live with Lawrence Lessig on the End of Dark Money
I talked with Professor Lawrence Lessig about his case that would effectively end Super PACs and dark money in politics. I think you’ll learn a lot from our conversation and hope you’ll check out EqualCitizens.US to learn more about their c...
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Snyder is an American historian of Europe and a public intellectual on both continents. Among his books are On Tyranny and Bloodlands, which appear in new editions in 2022. His work inspires art and music, and is read at protests around the world.
I'm a history professor interested in the contrast between image and reality in American politics. I believe in American democracy, despite its frequent failures.
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Professor of Strategic Studies, @univofstandrew. Writing about grand strategy, war, history, Romanesque and Baroque buildings I love, Sicily, and pretty much anything else that takes my fancy.
Independent journalist, formerly with ABC News. I publish a Substack newsletter called “Real Patriotism,” and host a podcast by the same name on YouTube.
law professor and democracy activist.
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