The Calamity of an “Idea”
August 10, 2023
Nelly Lahoud— Within less than two years of conceiving the idea, Usama put it into action. On September 11, 2001, and on Usama’s orders, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes,… READ MORE
Category: Political Science
The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism
June 22, 2023
Erwin Chemerinsky— One more example—a particularly powerful one of originalists abandoning originalism when it does not serve their ideological goals—is affirmative action. The originalists who have been on the Court,… READ MORE
History is Littered with False Narratives
June 9, 2023
Stephen Roach— HISTORY IS LITTERED WITH FALSE NARRATIVES. From the flat earth theory and the Ptolemaic system of cosmology to tales of UFO sightings and the “Big Lie” of election… READ MORE
The Myth of Limited Government
April 28, 2023
Ronnie Janoff-Bulman— The call for limited government is a recurring theme in Republican politics. Ronald Reagan’s refrain that government is the problem, not the solution, has taken many rhetorical forms… READ MORE
Examining Heidegger’s Legacy: A Conversation with Richard Wolin
January 10, 2023
Martin Heidegger’s sympathies for the conservative revolution and National Socialism have long been well known. But the 2014 publication of his “Black Notebooks” reveals a deeper and more radical ideology… READ MORE
Mançur Olson on Oligopoly and Social Norms
September 20, 2022
Mançur Lloyd Olson Jr.— At least after they reach a certain point, distributional coalitions have an incentive to be exclusive. In the case of collusive oligopolists or others that operate… READ MORE
Daniel Cohan on Heat Pumps, Policy, and Optimism
July 26, 2022
In Confronting Climate Gridlock, environmental engineering professor Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization… READ MORE
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: A Reading List
February 25, 2022
To better understand the Russia-Ukraine crisis, we have put together a list of the most relevant books that shed light on the history, socio-economic and political relations of these two… READ MORE
The History of Economic Sanctions as a Tool of War
February 24, 2022
Today, economic sanctions are generally regarded as an alternative to war. But for most people in the interwar period, the economic weapon was the very essence of total war. The… READ MORE
Theories of Managerialism
October 1, 2021
Beth Simone Noveck— In recent decades, especially since Reagan and Thatcher, some scholars and practitioners have argued that the way to fix government is to copy the techniques of the… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life