Archive - Richard Hanania's Newsletter

Why JD Vance Is Both the Realest and Fakest Politician

On Micro-Honesty and Meta-Dishonesty

Jul 8 • Richard Hanania

Hanania & Tracey Reading Communion, by JD Vance

Michael Tracey told me that he was reading JD Vance’s Communion, so I thought I would also check it out and we’d do a podcast on the book.

Jul 6 • Richard Hanania and Michael Tracey

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Populism: The Empirical Evidence

How we know it's bad

Jul 6 • Richard Hanania

Preorder Kakistocracy, Get One-Year Paid Subscription

I’ve been thinking about what I’ve been doing with this…<waves arms around> life thing here, and one thing that I know is that I’m happiest and most…

Jul 2 • Richard Hanania

June 2026

Indigenous Activists Defend Progress against Western Civilization

Links, June 2026

Jun 30 • Richard Hanania

Sixteen Fun Facts about Me

When I meet people, they are often interested in facts about my life.

Jun 29 • Richard Hanania

Why Did We Stop Caring about Suffering Africans?

The CNN Effect, Responsibility to Protect, and Kony 2012 as a time capsule

Jun 22 • Richard Hanania

Americans Should Celebrate China's Biotech Revolution

If Xi Jinping finds a cure for cancer, you will probably get access to it too

Jun 15 • Richard Hanania

On Defeating the Stupid/Interested Quadrant

My politics are anti-populist, which kind of sounds like I’m against the average citizen.

Jun 8 • Richard Hanania

Destroying Jobs Is the Entire Basis of Progress

Concerns about specific technologies should focus on their consumption

Jun 1 • Richard Hanania

May 2026

Lions in Ancient Greece, Michael Jackson's Guilt, and More

Links for May 2026

May 29 • Richard Hanania

Why We've Been Thinking about the Fertility Crisis Wrong

Did humans evolve to seek solitude?

May 26 • Richard Hanania

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