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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

What President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew “-and what those contending with the United States’ contemporary difficulties would do well to remember—was that the biggest mistake one can make in a crisis…

Orwell, Priestley and the politics of the ordinary

In Britain, “the past quarter century has witnessed two contrasting approaches to politics” between “the Blair-Cameron years” and “the Corbyn-Johnson era”. “The status quo is now thoroughly shaken up…

A President Can Govern in Poetry

“Biden is known for his empathy...but he also has something that leaders from Nelson Mandela to Abraham Lincoln had — a belief in the power of why not? That’s the province of poets, not policy wonks”…

Agreed-Upon Coercion

“The ongoing resilience of the Chinese Communist Party when so many other such organizations collapsed after the Cold War still puzzles many in the West” and some have called it ‘adaptive…

The End of Liberal Diplomacy

“While Joe Biden is right to reject many aspects of Donald Trump’s toxic presidency, he should avoid throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Only by recognizing the weaknesses of liberal diplomatic…

The US and China Must Cooperate in Space

“Although the United States and China will likely remain at odds on many issues, President Joe Biden’s administration must also recognize those areas where cooperation is in America’s best interest.…

Rotten to the Core?

“The process of deterioration has continued at a startling pace and on a scale that was hard to anticipate back then, culminating in developments such as the January 6 mob attack on the U.S.…

What's Wrong with the Way We Work

“Americans work more hours than their counterparts in peer nations, including France and Germany, and many work more than fifty hours a week. Real wages declined for the rank and file in the…

The Youthful Movement That Made Martin Luther King Jr.

“In this moment made so dark by white nationalism and truth denial, Americans should look to the country’s legacy of young leaders with forward-thinking wisdom” (Rich Benjamin, 2021).

Capitalism We Can Believe In

“President-elect Joe Biden’s call to “build back better” after the pandemic is an invitation to renovate America’s outdated neoliberal version of capitalism. The more successful variants of market…