The Lake Tahoe Paradox
From fragmentation to the promise of rural civil society
Theme in liberalism
Institutional Design
Constitutions, courts, and the rules of the game. How institutions channel power and protect liberty.
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The American Revolution and Women’s Rights
The new republic didn’t enfranchise women, but it built the tools that later generations would use.
How the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Made a Bad Situation Worse
A little-known law closes off federal appeals, even for the admittedly innocent. That’s by design.
Liberalism Under Threat
Militant democracy proposes to save liberalism from its foes. Can it work as promised?
Not So Obvious, Not So Simple
When you hear that good politics is always simple, think twice.
To Understand the AI Alignment Problem, Consider the Human Alignment Problem.
We haven’t solved that one, either.
The Eighteenth Brumaire and Collective Wrong
What Napoleon’s nephew can teach us about populism.
The Ghost in the State
Knowing an individual's will is easy. Knowing the will of a collective is like chasing a ghost in a machine.
