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People begin distancing themselves when internal contradictions, personal crises, or emotional turning points disrupt the certainty that...
Eugenic thinking has returned to American political life, not through explicit declarations but through language, policy framing,...
White supremacy, fascist rhetoric, and eugenic ideology are no longer fringe elements hiding at the margins of...
These cases highlight a structural vulnerability in a system that grants presidents near-total discretion with few avenues...
For Trump, the new disclosures strike at a core narrative he has relied on for years, that...
Trump’s $2,000 tariff “dividend” is not an act of economic populism; it’s a mirage of prosperity built...
The long-term damage may not be felt immediately, but it will resonate. Millions will open letters in...
Figures like Russell Vought and Stephen Miller, operating beyond public scrutiny, have become the de facto stewards...
Civil disobedience has always been the pulse that reminds democracy of its conscience. It was the spark...
By protecting one form of extremism while exploiting another, Trump has blurred the line between the governed...
The Revolution’s greatest inheritance was not its victory but its warning, that liberty requires constant rebellion against...
History often turns not on the power of leaders but on the persistence of ordinary people who...
This moment will be remembered less for the policy dispute that sparked it than for what it...
The shutdown has exposed the extent to which cruelty and spectacle have replaced responsibility as the engines...
America is borne back ceaselessly not to the past, but to the same unlearned lesson: that wealth...
The post-truth crisis is ultimately a test of civic character. A republic cannot survive if its citizens...
The challenge posed by MAGA is not only to logic but to conscience. If the movement has...
Americans must relearn the discipline of context. That means demanding data alongside stories, patterns alongside pathos. It...
In the end, the way forward is neither nostalgia for the Enlightenment nor surrender to irrationality. It...
If the disease of freedom fatigue is cyclical, then its cure must be generational. History warns that...
The old Iron Curtain was meant to keep people in and ideas out. The new one does...
If a democratic political following begins to behave like a religious one, then the boundaries of power...
Every democracy is sustained by a simple covenant: that truth, however inconvenient, must remain public property. The...
Each public feud, leaked chat, or ideological split chips away at the image of a seamless populist...
Political fatigue can be a door cracked open, but what comes through it depends on honesty. The...
Politically, the administration faces a choice: confrontation or conversation. Thus far, President Trump has opted for the...
If October 18 proved anything, it is that the fight for democracy isn’t only fought in elections...
Trump’s speech crystallized a vision of America at war with itself, a vision in which cities are...
Together, Trump and Hegseth represent the convergence of hubris and inexperience, with the potential to steer the...