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The Democrats’ Love/Hate Relationship With the Supreme Court
This one follows on from Is Democracy Really Under Siege, and If So, From Whom?, and relates to two other pieces here: Is the Supreme Court Really…
Aug 13
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The Pattern of Populist Revolution: Nobody Votes for Phase Two
The newest polling out of Iran is stark.
Aug 11
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Is Democracy Really Under Siege, and If So, From Whom?
This one extends arguments I’ve made before: that the Supreme Court isn’t the partisan actor it’s accused of being, that one party can’t govern and one…
Aug 11
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Are AI Benchmarks the New LeetCode for Hiring Frontier Models?
For those that don’t know, LeetCode is a site used to prepare for computer science job interviews.
Aug 8
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July 2026
What Is the Democrats’ Plan to End the Iran War?
Let’s agree with everything the Democrats are saying about the war.
Jul 29
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Where the Iran War Stands on July 26, 2026, Without Anonymous or Other Unverifiable Sources
Everything below comes from a named person, a published document, a physical event, or market data.
Jul 26
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Unboxing the UN Plan for a Palestinian State: What the New York Declaration Actually Says
This piece explains what the New York Declaration says, drawn directly from its text.
Jul 25
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Ro Khanna’s Publicity Stunt in Israel
A quick note before we get to Khanna: for readers who like to accuse others of living in an information bubble, it’s worth actually knowing the history…
Jul 19
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How a Country Reacts When It’s Attacked: 9/11 vs. October 7
Further reading — I’ve written the fuller case on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict itself elsewhere, and I’m not re-making it here, including:
Jul 17
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Before You Ask for a Palestinian State, Define What You’re Asking For
Further reading — related pieces of mine on this site:
Jul 15
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The Google AI Moat Nobody Is Talking About
For two years the AI debate has been fought on the wrong battlefield: open weights versus closed, Llama versus GPT, whether DeepSeek’s latest release…
Jul 5
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The NVIDIA AI Moat That Isn’t
What LLMs (Large Language Models) Actually Need
Jul 1
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