Nuclear Autumn
How the world almost ended in 1983.
Essays
“Our Democracy,” Not Our Constitution
Packing the Supreme Court and the Senate.
Restoring the Constitution
Clarence Thomas dismantles the fiction of substantive due process.
Taking Aristophanes Seriously
The original gross-out comic.
That Tottering Town
Chicago on the brink.
Worlds Without End
Marvel comics, quantum physics, and the secrets of the cosmos.
Portrait of Power
Demystifying Vladimir Putin.
The Great Unwokening
Disestablishing our new state religion.
The Road to Dubai
The United Arab Emirates’ liberal authoritarianism.
Furnishing the Mind
E.D. Hirsch’s long crusade.
Why Are We in Ukraine?
A steep bill comes due for decades of democracy promotion.
Voting Rights and Wrongs
Three generations of voting rights are enough.
