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The Right's Infatuation With Fascist Strongmen Is Nothing New
Jacob Heilbrunn's book excavates the authoritarian intellectual roots of Trump's MAGA movement
Mar 26
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Steve Chapman
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A Healthy Social Media Might Need Bottom-Up Moderation: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
How can we build online communities that both respect freedom of speech and promote positive dialogue?
Mar 23
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Does a George Floyd Quackumentary Deserve to be Treated Like Valid Journalism?
The Fifth Column tries to rewrite its credulous take on The Fall of Minneapolis by going on the offensive
Mar 21
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Shikha Dalmia
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How Putin Turned Himself Into Russia's New Czar
He just won a fifth term in a land-slide through sham elections against handpicked opponents
Mar 19
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Anders Aslund
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Prime Minister Modi Is Disarming the Opposition Ahead of India's National Elections
His efforts to defund, censor, and harass his critics has created an uneven playing field
Mar 17
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Kian Vesteinsson
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Mar 15
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Radley Balko
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Jordan Peterson: Putin's Useless Idiot
Oct 5, 2022
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Tom G. Palmer
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Moms for Liberty: Birchers in Heels
Oct 29, 2023
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Robert Tracinski
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A Typology of the New Right
Nov 28, 2022
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Shikha Dalmia
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A Tale of Two Grocery Store Visits: Tucker vs Boris
The weird transformation of the former Fox anchor from libertarianism into a Russian propagandist
Mar 8
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Landry Ayres
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What's So Bad About Populism?
It turns dominant majorities against vulnerable minorities
Feb 3
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Landry Ayres
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The Forever Culture War: The Right’s Efforts to Create a Parallel Economy to Go After the Left
Texas’ Patriot Mobile wants conservatives to buy its inferior cell phone service to fund anti-progressive campaigns
Jan 14
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Landry Ayres
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Their flagship publication, The Free Press’, failure to correct an error-filled defense of George Floyd’s killer demonstrates that they are just another…
Mar 15
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NATO: Foreign Entanglement or Effective Alliance? Berny Belvedere and Shikha Dalmia Debate
The UnPopulist editors assess whether this Cold War alliance is still helping buttress liberal democracy
Mar 14
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The Proposed Toxic Marriage Between RFK Jr. and the Libertarian Party Could Hurt Trump
Kennedy now has more in common with MAGA populists than the left
Mar 12
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Andy Craig
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Why Do We Need to Fight Populism?
It's the road to authoritarianism
Mar 10
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Nils Karlson
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Contrary to Western Understanding, Islam Is a Liberal Faith
No religion can be properly understood based on its most extreme proponents
Feb 22
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Hassan Abbas
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An Illiberal Hinduism Is a Contradiction in Terms
Hindu fundamentalists are destroying everything that makes their faith unique and profound
Jan 12
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Shashi Tharoor
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Liberalism and Catholicism: Friends Not Foes
Both traditions are rooted in a belief in universal human dignity
Dec 15, 2023
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James M. Patterson
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Buddhism and Liberalism Are Mutually Reinforcing
The faith’s emphasis on accepting impermanence offers an ethical framework for a dynamic, open society
Nov 29, 2023
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Liberal Individualism Has Deep Roots in Protestantism
Illiberalism cannot be reconciled with the core tenets of the faith
Nov 18, 2023
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Rachel Ferguson
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Liberal Ideals Can Strengthen, Not Weaken, Judaism
And the Jewish faith’s emphasis on mitzvah is an antidote to self-absorbed individualism
Nov 3, 2023
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Elliott Malamet
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Liberal Ideals Can Strengthen, Not Weaken, Judaism
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A Tale of Two Grocery Store Visits: Tucker vs Boris
The weird transformation of the former Fox anchor from libertarianism into a Russian propagandist
Mar 8
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Landry Ayres
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Alabama’s New Law Won’t Truly Reverse its Supreme Court’s De Facto IVF Ban
A radical ruling to protect frozen embryos will end up chilling providers
Mar 7
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Liz Dye
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Alabama’s New Law Won’t Truly Reverse its Supreme Court’s De Facto IVF Ban
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For Justice Sam Alito, Freedom Is Censorship and Censorship Is Freedom
He implies that like the state, social media companies should have no editorial discretion
Mar 4
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Timothy Sandefur
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Is Journalism Doomed in the Age of AI? A Conversation with Julian Sanchez
AI is the latest symptom of the challenges facing journalism although it poses special dangers of its own
Mar 2
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Both in Life and Death Navalny Was a Stinging Rebuke To Putin's Totalitarianism
We should make sure that in America brave citizens never have to make such big sacrifices to hold a tyrant accountable
Feb 29
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Robert Tracinski
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Both in Life and Death Navalny Was a Stinging Rebuke To Putin's Totalitarianism
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Musk Peddles Fake News on Immigration and the Media Exaggerates Biden's Decline
Shikha Dalmia sets the record straight on Elon Musk's X rants and Berny Belvedere highlights the media's misplaced priorities in the presidential…
Feb 27
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Musk Peddles Fake News on Immigration and the Media Exaggerates Biden's Decline
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Gaming the Scenarios for Political Violence: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Donald Trump could provoke local warfare in mixed red and blue communities
Feb 25
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Indonesia's Next President Aspires to be a Strongman
The election of the nationalist Prabowo Subianto might be a body blow to Indonesia's fragile democracy
Feb 23
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Joe Rachman
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Contrary to Western Understanding, Islam Is a Liberal Faith
No religion can be properly understood based on its most extreme proponents
Feb 22
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Hassan Abbas
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Tim Scott Offers His Honor For a Shot at Trump’s Veepstakes
He is the most disappointing politician in America at the moment
Feb 20
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Berny Belvedere
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Should the Supreme Court Rule Against Kicking Trump Off the Ballot? A Debate
The Washington Post's Jason Willick and The UnPopulist's Andy Craig discuss if Trump deserves to be convicted for insurrection before being denied…
Feb 18
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Berny Belvedere
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The New Right's Attack on Markets Is as Ignorant as the Old Left's
State capitalism that both sides are pushing will lead to economic ruin and corruption
Feb 16
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A Healthy Social Media Might Need Bottom-Up Moderation: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
How can we build online communities that both respect freedom of speech and promote positive dialogue?
Mar 23
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Aaron Ross Powell
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NATO: Foreign Entanglement or Effective Alliance? Berny Belvedere and Shikha Dalmia Debate
The UnPopulist editors assess whether this Cold War alliance is still helping buttress liberal democracy
Mar 14
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Gaming the Scenarios for Political Violence: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Donald Trump could provoke local warfare in mixed red and blue communities
Feb 25
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Should the Supreme Court Rule Against Kicking Trump Off the Ballot? A Debate
The Washington Post's Jason Willick and The UnPopulist's Andy Craig discuss if Trump deserves to be convicted for insurrection before being denied…
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What Do Efforts to Bar Trump From the Ballot Accomplish? A Conversation with Andy Craig
The UnPopulist editors discuss the dangers of not using Section 3 to disqualify Trump
Jan 28
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Landry Ayres
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The Demand Side of Populism in America: A Conversation with Tom Shull
The UnPopulist survey found that Trump supporters dislike the elites who let immigrants in more than immigrants themselves
Jan 22
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Aaron Ross Powell
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The Dangerous Rise of the Conservative Revolutionaries: A Conversation with Tom Palmer
The modern right draws its ideas from the most notorious early 20th Century thinkers
Dec 17, 2023
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Aaron Ross Powell
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How Not to Reform the "Deep State": The UnPopulist Editor's Roundtable
The Trumpist right wants to co-opt the administrative state for its authoritarian ends, not limit its powers
Dec 3, 2023
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Aaron Ross Powell
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