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June 2025

The Case for Regime Change in Iran, and How Not to Screw It Up
The Hegelian Hammer, and why Iraq was different
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Conservatives Still Don't Read, but Now Listen to Rogan
New data shows that the right-wing bubble has gotten worse
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Government Science and the Prestige Economy
Alternative status hierarchies can maximize the return to human capital
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What's Behind Trump's War on Science?
I have a new article in UnHerd about the Trump administration’s efforts to cut science funding.
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Anti-Abundance Types Are Wrong About Housing Market Concentration
There’s a strange shadowboxing quality to the whole abundance debate.
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May 2025

Two Cheers for the Democratic Establishment?
I’m going to be writing a monthly column for UnHerd going forward.
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Girl Belongs to the World
I’ve noticed that whenever you start joking around with a little kid, there is this moment when they realize that they are entering into a new social…
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Me in The Economist: Don't Try to MAGAfy Harvard
A friend helped put together an event in DC during my trip there next week, which will be on Tuesday, May 20, at 6PM at The Crown & Crow.
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Yarvin's Strange Argument on Populism and Gain-of-Function Research
Scott Alexander recently accused Curtis Yarvin of selling out by embracing MAGA, even though Mencius Moldbug once warned of the dangers of right-wing…
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