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Myth & Politics: What, Why, and How? | Bird's Eye
Harry and Philip begin a month-long exploration of myth & politics. What is myth? What does it have to do with politics? How does it work? What would life be like without it?…
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The Misadventure of Nation-Building in Afghanistan | Insight
The misguided project of nation-building explains the United States’ failure after twenty years in Afghanistan, as well as why it would be a catastrophic mistake to go back.…
Spectacles launches tomorrow!
First of all, we just want to say thank you for helping us by reading and trying
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Raising the Temperature on Climate Rhetoric | Insight
The latest IPCC report demonstrates the scope of the climate crisis, but it’s not clear that politicians know how to get citizens to care.…
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South Africa: In the Aftermath, a Shattered Image of Democracy | Insight
The damage caused by widespread unrest in South Africa highlights the failure of the country’s current leadership to reverse abysmal material conditions.…
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Mr. Carlson Goes to Budapest | Insight
Tucker Carlson tries to pass off Viktor Orbán’s pernicious dismantling of Hungarian democracy as an epitome of freedom worth imitating.…
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Big Government & Liberal Democracy | Bird's Eye
What's the difference between Socialism and Social Democracy? What can we learn from them? Join Philip and Harry as they discuss whether big government can deliver.…
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Parsons’s Pardons: Liberty and Justice for Some | Insight
The Missouri governor’s pardon of the gun-toting McCloskey couple and neglect of the wrongfully convicted points to the need for a new way of freeing the innocent…
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Japan’s Name-and-Shame an Interesting Approach to Rule-Breakers | Insight
A new practice of publicly announcing the names of COVID quarantine violators points to the importance of community in building a healthy democracy.…
