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Kakistocracy as a Natural Result of Populism
The problem with anti-establishment politics
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Charlie Kirk and the Leader-Mob Dynamic of Trumpism
I’ve read a few Charlie Kirk tributes, most notably by Andrew Sullivan, Tanner Greer, Ezra Klein, and Ross Douthat. For a contrary take, there is the…
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Default Scripts and Dating as a Checklist
A review of Materialists (2025)
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Why is Everything Liberal?
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Women's Tears Win in the Marketplace of Ideas
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Woke Institutions is Just Civil Rights Law
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Yes, Sydney Sweeney's Boobs Are Anti-Woke
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Interracial Crime and “Perspective”
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Liberals Read, Conservatives Watch TV
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Charlie Kirk and the Leader-Mob Dynamic of Trumpism
I’ve read a few Charlie Kirk tributes, most notably by Andrew Sullivan, Tanner Greer, Ezra Klein, and Ross Douthat. For a contrary take, there is the…
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Dumbest Form of Racism, Dumbest Form of Socialism
Why I stand against anti-Indian hate
Sep 11 • 
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"The Left" Did Not Kill Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed today while speaking at Utah Valley University.
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American Nationalism as an Israeli Import
A review of Yoram Hazony's The Virtue of Nationalism
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Independent Thinkers Are Allowed to Appreciate Good Things
Eleven Thoughts on Abundance DC
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What Is "the Left"?
On the Charlie Kirk killing, and why now is the time to speak up
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The Real Epstein Conspiracy?
Why Ghislaine may have been set up
Aug 25 • 
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The End of Prostitution
Everything is now trafficking and pedophilia
Aug 20 • 
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What Really Happened in the 2016 Election
Debunking Russiagate Myths
Aug 5 • 
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