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Yes, It’s Fascism
The Atlantic | January 25, 2026 Until recently, I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump. For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism that didn’t…
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The Woke Right Stands at the Door
Persuasion | August 6, 2025 IN November, James Lindsay—an independent scholar, author, and sometime prankster—decided to test his observation that the American right’s illiberalism and irrationalism have, bizarrely, converged with the woke…
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One Word Describes Trump
The Atlantic | February 24, 2025 WHAT exactly is Donald Trump doing? Since taking office, he has reduced his administration’s effectiveness by appointing to essential agencies people who lack the skills…
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The Longevity Revolution
The Atlantic | December 2024 JULY 1977: A 105-degree afternoon in Phoenix. I’m 17 and making deliveries in an underpowered Chevette with “4-55” air-conditioning (four open windows at 55…
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Why You Should Feel Good About Liberalism
Persuasion | August 6, 2024 IF it is true, as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, that only a first-rate intelligence can function while holding two opposed ideas in mind at…
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Confronting the Axis of Resistance
The Atlantic | July 1, 2024 LIKE A LIGHTNING STRIKE illuminating a dim landscape, the twin invasions of Israel and Ukraine have brought a sudden recognition: What appeared to be, until now,…