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In the long-run, America can have one (and likely only one) of two things:* An intellectual and institutional establishment that remains inhospitable to conservatives* A Republican Party that trusts experts,

Why is it so hard to contain the virus?And why are even well-governed countries like Germany and Canada now experiencing a deadly second wave?In part because of three biases that

Illiberalism on the left is a real problem. But voting for Donald Trump to stem the rising tide of illiberalism would be a huge moral and strategic mistake.My latest @TheAtlantic.[Thread.]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/ha

We're underestimating how deeply cultural attitudes shape how many people get sick from Covid.If you map the incidence of Covid in each Belgian county, for example, the border between French-speaking

The frontrunner to become the next mayor of Portland apparently wore a skirt with pictures of Mao and Che Guevara.While campaigning for the position.The incoherence and hypocrisy in what people

1)Nobody should wish Donald Trump ill.Though he may have little apparent empathy, that's no reason why we shouldn't.And in any case, the best way to end Trumpism is to beat

The boss of the NYT op-ed page was fired because he ran a controversial op-ed by a sitting U.S. Senator.But a few months later, a propagandist for an authoritarian regime

Most Americans believe the upcoming election will be legitimate—unless their favorite candidate loses. So how can we determine if a) "we were robbed" or b) the election was legitimate?For @TheAtlantic

So, Cuties:1) A serious movie that condemns the patriarchal values imposed on many immigrant girls *and* the hyper-sexualized mainstream culture into which some of them flee.2) The depictions of child

It's rare that a short piece changes how I think about an important issue.But this, by @MetaHumean for @JoinPersuasion, really helped me understand something that's been bugging me about the

The prospects for democracy in Bolivia have, in part because of the immoral and irresponsible actions of the current far-right government, significantly dimmed.But there's still a narrow path to democracy.

A member of a NYC Community Education Council to a colleague: "It hurts people when they see a white man bouncing a brown baby on their lap.""I would like to