Category: Culture Wars/Current Controversies

Greedland

Sponsored by Reaktion Books Among the fusillade of President Trump’s executive orders, policy musings, and social media eructations, a seemingly absurd set of territorial demands have emerged: trading Puerto Rico for Denmark, incorporating Canada as the fifty-first state, annexing Gaza, and seizing authority of the Panama Canal away […]

Why Jews Are Fleeing the West

By Joel Kotkin February 14, 2025/in Urban Affairs Jewish history has long been defined by migratory movements away from trouble and towards safer places. Over the past half millennia, the safest harbours for ‘the world’s foster children’, as David Mamet put it, have generally been English-speaking countries, first […]

The Buendía Bunch

Sponsored by Penguin Press Alma Guillermoprieto A Telenovela Macondo Netflix’s adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude has skimmed off only the melodramatic and the anecdotal parts of Gabriel García Márquez’s masterpiece. David Cole The Unhinged Presidency Many of the legal challenges to Donald Trump’s executive overreach will come down […]

No NATO membership, no return to pre-2014 borders, and no more relying on U.S. for military funding – Trump delivers hammer blow to Ukraine as America comes first

CLG News CLG News Feb 12 READ IN APP All links and summaries are at http://www.legitgov.org. Please share this newsletter! Breaking: Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence | 12 Feb 2024 | The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the nation’s next Director of National Intelligence […]

Reparations for Slavery: Another Ruling Class Racket

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DOGE and the Gaza Takeover

Michael Rectenwald Feb 11, 2025 What do DOGE and Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza takeover have in common? On the surface, the answer would seem to be “nothing.” Yet, Trump’s insistence that the U.S. will “take over” Gaza is antithetical to his America First agenda and the mission of […]

Call For Solidarity Towards Migrants

Call For Solidarity Towards Migrants No One Is Illegal! Solidarity Across Borders Denounces State Violence towards Migrants and Calls for Solidarity February 8, 2025, Montreal – Solidarity Across Borders denounces the increasing violence of the state against migrants in the United States, but also in Canada and Quebec, and […]

Harmonious Borders

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2025 What is needed today is a revival of the ideals of free trade and a recognition of the perils of protectionism. – Williamson M. Evers, “The Resurgence of Tariffs” [2025] HORNBERGER’S BLOG February 7, 2025 Harmonious Borders For the life of me, I just cannot […]

President Baby

Sponsored by Creative Writing Program at NYU Arts & Science Ben Tarnoff More Babies! Trump and his set act carefree in the face of catastrophe—and they give their supporters permission to do the same. Irina Dumitrescu The Great Leap Backward Lea Ypi’s memoir of her childhood in Communist […]

Red lines of the counter-elite

West vs. East Coast Straussians and the limits of anti-semitic discourse Neoliberal Feudalism Sep 08, 2024 This post takes a look at the ideas and motivations of the nascent Western counter-elite1, arguing that there are certain off-limit topics whose prohibition actually undermines the objectives being sought. This is […]

Elon Musk’s Dark Coup

Episode 211 with Gil Duran Krystal Kyle & Friends Feb 07, 2025 Shit hit the fan this week, to put it delicately, with Musk leading the robber barons in a rampage to destroy America’s shell of a federal government. With special guest Gil Duran, a journalist attuned to […]

This Week at the Libertarian Alliance (2025 02 07)

A Selection of the Latest Articles from the Libertarian Alliance ———————————————————— Title Publication Date Excerpt Link The Dangers of Propaganda: Language Manipulation and Thought Crimes February 7, 2025 Propaganda is not just a tool of authoritarian regimes; it permeates democratic societies, subtly shaping perceptions and suppressing dissent… Read […]

The Bad Guys Are Running Amok

FEBRUARY 7, 2025 The Bad Guys Are Running Amok Gazans Have a Message for Trump: We’re Not Going Anywhere → Among the many depravities committed by the Trump administration this week, Trump’s unveiling of “a seemingly serious plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza” stands out. The plan would involve […]

Separation of Power

Recently at The Signal: Hugh Wilford on what exactly U.S. President Donald Trump and his inner circle have in mind when they say they’re taking on the “deep state.” … Today: How resilient is democracy in South Korea? Stephan Haggard on increasing social polarization, economic inequality, and political violence. […]

First as Tragedy, Then as Slop

First as Tragedy, Then as Slop We meet again, MrBeast. To recap from some of the analysis last time, I think it’s safe to identify MrBeast’s primary schtick as the fusion of two favorite ultra-rich past times, philanthropy and decadence. MrBeast is far from the first tycoon to […]