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I've decided to pause the blog for the rest of this month and return in April. I took a month off in December after writing my first ten essays; having now written another ten, another break feels in order. I think this may end up being something of a regular pattern.

Mar 14

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Given all the ground I’ve covered on this blog so far, I’m now in a position to summarize and synthesize my various observations and arguments about the…

Mar 7

Can faith be restored in a disillusioned world? Traditional modes of engaging the sacred have lost their hold on people’s loyalties, and our current…

Feb 28

I started this blog because I wanted to get to the bottom of things. At the Niskanen Center, I’ve worked on policies to address the problems of slow…

Feb 21

My last essay on our toxic media environment stirred up a decent amount of interest and comment, so I’d like to follow up with some further observations…

Feb 14

The Media Environment vs. Democracy

Feb 7

The story thus far at The Permanent Problem: Capitalism in the 21st century has triumphed globally and there are no viable alternatives in sight, but…

Jan 31

I’ve just completed a series of essays on the crisis of dynamism, concluding with a couple of posts on the outlook down the road. I’d now like to circle…

Jan 24

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