politics
How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi: A case study in self-sabotage
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/
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Know Your Enemy: Joan Didion, Conservative, with Sam Tanenhaus - Dissent Magazine
https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-joan-didion/
Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion's conservatism.
The Age of Extremophiles
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-age-of-extremophiles-331674257/
Broken
Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, by Amy Remeikis
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-It-All-Went-Wrong/Amy-Remeikis/9781761822117
I’m a Eurovision superfan, but this year’s contest brings only sadness. I won’t be tuning in | Dave Keating | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/im-a-eurovision-superfan-but-this-years-contest-brings-only-sadness-i-wont-be-tuning-in
Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together
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The Operational Trap
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-operational-trap/
Like Imperial Japan before us, the United States has substituted tactical and operational planning for strategic thinking.
What Is Woke 2?
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-is-woke-2/
Woke 2 is Woke 1 with an honest relation to power.
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Cringe Is Good, Earnestness Is Strength
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-good-earnestness-is-strength/
On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.
Added 2 months ago
Cul de sac politics: Have the Australian Greens hit a strategic dead-end?
https://www.jonathansri.com/greensdeadend/
Why aren't the Greens offering a stronger challenge to the political establishment?
Added 2 months ago