Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
President, Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism. Founder and editor of The UnPopulist, a Substack devoted to defending liberalism from the rising tide of modern, populist authoritarianism.
Essays and conversations about big ideas that don't need a news hook. (Auch auf deutsch ๐ฉ๐ช. Aussi en franรงais ๐ซ๐ท.)
Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks
In 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked: what kind of government have you created? He answered, "a republic โ if you can keep it." From Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism.
The emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic freedom.