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Minneapolis: Saving Democracy From Moral Bankruptcy
Watch, listen, or read at Substack, on any podcast app, at YouTube, or here: Transcript The people of Minnesota are showing us what it would be like to rescue our democracy from moral bankruptcy. Normally in a democracy, we should be reluctant to talk about politics in terms of morality, because as soon as we start judging each other’s…
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The True Crisis: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 15
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: About a year ago, I started publishing draft chapters of my book in progress, The Liberal Backbone. It hit…
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The Art of Politics: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 14
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: Last time, we explored music as an example of how it’s possible to think meaningfully without thinking rationally. The…
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Escape From the Iron Cage: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 13
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: Escape from the iron cage of alienation appears to be impossible: You’ll never…
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How to Lose in One Word: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 12
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It’s the Alienation, Stupid: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 11
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: The fiendish thing about the iron cage is that the harder you…
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