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The Wrong Debate: Salespeople, Operators, and Innovators
The problem with modern presidential debates is they’re testing candidates on the wrong skills. We should be testing whether they can innovate.
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The Republicans and the Democrats Stand for Nothing
To fix our national turmoil, we must fill these empty vessels with new ideas.
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Why You’re Politically Homeless: The Stages of Political Grief
Your party is gone and you’re traveling through the five stages of grief.
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August 2024

You’re Not On the Team
When Americans talk about politics, they talk as if they’re on the team. You’re not on the field. You’re a fan sitting in the stands.
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Free Speech is About Power
Free speech isn’t about self-expression. It’s about power.
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Why Improving Systems Leads to Justice, and Reforming People Leads to Ruin
There are two approaches to reform. Some people want to reform people. Other people want to reform systems.
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Price Controls, Big Macs, and the Bezos Rule
Why anecdotes are better than data, and what that means for Kamala Harris’ poorly-received plan to cap the price of food.
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The Trouble With Moralizing Politics
Why has politics gotten so difficult? Because we’re mistaking non-moral issues for moral ones, and it’s tearing us apart.
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Embrace the Arena
There are two models for how democratic politics is supposed to work. One is good and reflects the American conception of democracy. The other is at war…
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Why You Should Worry About Liberalism
Why Post-Liberal Ideas Are in Ascendence and the Crisis of Legitimacy for Enlightenment Liberal Democracy.
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Not a Competency Crisis. A Crisis of Excellence.
The true soul of America was never just democracy or liberty, but a specific kind of freedom that unleashes human excellence.
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It's Not The Time for Policy
America isn’t fighting over policy. In fact, it shouldn’t be.
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