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On power, politics, and the apex class.

The Essays

  1. September 30, 20269 min read

    The Prisoner and the Podcasters

    He made his choice. Now the libertarians have to make theirs.

  2. July 31, 202620 min read

    The Desecration of Charlie Kirk

    They have to kill him twice.

  3. June 30, 202611 min read

    Don't Give Thomas Sowell the Medal of Freedom

    everyone wants sowell to get the medal. it's the most unserious thing we could ask for, and it's why our side keeps losing

  4. June 11, 202610 min read

    Some Random Kid

    What they did to Austin Metcalf after they buried him.

  5. June 4, 20269 min read

    The Wrong Dead Boy

    they get to decide which dead boys you're allowed to grieve. henry was the wrong one.

  6. June 1, 202649 min read

    The Thomas Massie Problem

    the libertarians say aipac took massie out. the truth is harder, and it's why they always lose

  7. May 6, 202610 min read

    Theory of Mind

    we've been them... they've never been us... that's their Achilles heel

  8. May 3, 202628 min read

    The Losertarian Problem

    Why libertarians lose, why conservatives are prey, why progressives became the apex predators, and why Trump and MAGA are the first counter-energy in two generations.

  9. April 29, 20265 min read

    It's Just a Shot Away

    A 1969 warning shot, a public assassination, and the drumbeat underneath it all.

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