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To address our civic disintegration, we must reprioritize a civics of reflective patriotism: grateful for America, while perpetually questioning and arguing.
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Jun 10, 2026
Private property enables individuals to pursue happiness through their own free choices. It also shields our individual and institutional projects from arbitrary power.
Jun 5, 2026
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
Jun 3, 2026
Liberalism can’t do without democracy. But sometimes, democracy errs. What then?
May 29, 2026
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Interviews with Liberalism.org contributors.
Not all labor unions are alike. Public sector unions face different incentives, and they often bargain away better governance.
May 27, 2026
Our political battle lines fall increasingly along our growing educational divide, in which young women are advancing, and young men are falling behind.
May 22, 2026
Federal agents have always had extensive immunities. Their growing presence in all of our lives makes that a growing problem. And the courts aren’t helping.
May 20, 2026
The liberal Christianity of the American founding came from authentic, in-person faith communities. Can it survive in a time of influencers and vertical video?
May 15, 2026
In case after case, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it easier for police to get away with harming the innocent.
May 13, 2026
Defending liberal political norms doesn’t mean always reaching across the aisle. Sometimes, liberal neutrality means playing hardball.
May 7, 2026
When political theory meets horror, do not call up that which you cannot put down.
May 5, 2026
The “man of system” is a famous figure in the work of Adam Smith, and not in a good way. And yet we all think in systems. They can be both beautiful and helpful. What gives?
Apr 30, 2026
LLMs can be infuriating, and they’re not even human. Critics may ask: Why should they enjoy First Amendment rights?
Apr 28, 2026
In every political system, wealthy and powerful people will try to write the rules to favor themselves. Liberal democracies should use a range of policy tools to resist elite capture.
Apr 24, 2026
