Relegant Index
Op-Ed Articles: 2026
- May 13, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- May 12, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The supreme court’s takedown of American democracy is complete
- by Austin Sarat; The Guardian, May 12, 2026
- Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, May 12, 2026
- May 11, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump’s Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains
- by Jonathan Martin; POLITICO, May 11, 2026
- Checkmate in Iran
- by Robert Kagan; The Atlantic, May 10, 2026
- May 10, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- We Need to Understand What Makes Capitalism Special
- by Daniel Colligan; Jacobin, May 9, 2026
- May 8, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- John Roberts Is Starting to Sweat
- by Ryan Cooper; The American Prospect, May 8, 2026
- John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn’t Exist
- by Jamelle Bouie; New York Times, May 6, 2026
- ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, May 5, 2026
- May 4, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Democrats are counting on Trump’s unpopularity to save them. It won’t
- by Osita Nwanevu; The Guardian, May 4, 2026
- We Are Watching the Rise of Democratic Fascism
- by Carolin Amlinger & Oliver Nachtwey; Jacobin, May 3, 2026
- May 3, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump officials show extraordinary defiance of court rulings
- by Sudhin Thanawala; AP News, May 2, 2026
- Conservative justices actually consider race – except in correcting injustice
- by Saida Grundy; The Guardian, May 1, 2026
- The Best Way to Fix the Supreme Court’s Attack on Voting Rights
- by Matt Ford; The New Republic, May 1, 2026
- The Iran War Is Giving a Big Lift to Renewable Energy
- by Avi Salzman; Barron's, Apr. 30, 2026
- The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy
- by Moira Donegan; The Guardian, Apr. 30, 2026
- April 30, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The Perversion of the Voting Rights Act
- by Adam Serwer; The Atlantic, Apr. 29, 2026
- April 29, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Donald Trump’s Disturbing Welcome for King Charles
- by Jonathan Chait; The Atlantic, Apr. 29, 2026
- The Many Ways the Iran War Is Changing the World
- by David Wallace-Wells; New York Times, Apr. 29, 2026
- By Week’s End, Trump’s War Will Be Plainly Illegal
- by Erwin Chemerinsky; New York Times, Apr. 27, 2026
- Is the Supreme Court Coming Apart at the Seams?
- by Jesse Wegman; New York Times, Apr. 26, 2026
- Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again
- by Bill McKibben; The Guardian, Apr. 26, 2026
- Goulash Authoritarianism
- by Anne Applebaum; Open Letters, Apr. 22, 2026
- April 21, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’
- by Aaron Gell; The Guardian, Apr. 21, 2026
- Trump Is ‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History'
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Apr. 21, 2026
- Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump
- by Phillips Payson O’Brien; The Atlantic, Apr. 18, 2026
- Inclusive Politics, Responsible Competition
- by John Griffin; The Renovator, Apr. 16, 2026
- April 16, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- April 14, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate
- by Peter Baker; New York Times, Apr. 13, 2026
- Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
- by Anne Applebaum; The Atlantic, Apr. 12, 2026
- The United States is destroying itself
- by Rebecca Solnit; The Guardian, Apr. 12, 2026
- Israel and the Cease-Fire
- by Robert Kuttner; The American Prospect, Apr. 10, 2026
- April 10, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump Is Turning America Into a Psychotic State
- by Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner; New York Times, Apr. 10, 2026
- The Friends of Viktor Orbán
- by Harold Meyerson; The American Prospect, Apr. 9, 2026
- April 9, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
- by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman; New York Times, Apr. 7, 2026
- April 7, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump’s Fundamental Misunderstanding in Iran
- by Karim Sadjadpour; The Atlantic, Apr. 7, 2026
- Fortress Yellowstone
- by Joseph Bullington; In These Times, Apr. 6, 2026
- The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power
- by Robert A. Pape; New York Times, Apr. 6, 2026
- Capital Ideas: Two Book Reviews
- by Robert Kuttner; The American Prospect, Apr. 3, 2026
- Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It
- by Susan B. Glasser; The New Yorker, Apr. 2, 2026
- Remember the Oil Shocks of the ’70s? This Is Going to Be Worse. Much Worse.
- by Jonathan Mingle; New York Times, Apr. 1, 2026
- March 31, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- March 30, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- March 27, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Donald Trump Is Breaking Up with Europe
- by Susan B. Glasser; The New Yorker, Mar. 26, 2026
- March 26, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster
- by By Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel; The Atlantic, Mar. 26, 2026
- The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked
- by Jonathan Chait; The Atlantic, Mar. 25, 2026
- ‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
- New York Times, Mar. 23, 2026
- March 22, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Democrats Should Tell Our NATO Allies Trump Can’t Quit Them
- by Bill Scher; Washington Monthly, Mar. 20, 2026
- How Trump Lost the Courts
- by Robert Kuttner; The American Prospect, Mar. 20, 2026
- Trump Had No Plan B for Iran
- by Tom Nichols; The Atlantic, Mar. 20, 2026
- Ol’ Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time
- by Ryan Cooper; The American Prospect, Mar. 20, 2026
- Asymmetric War in Iran: How Trump and the U.S. Are Being Played
- by Mike Lofgren; Washington Monthly, Mar. 19, 2026
- March 19, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
- by Pegah Banihashemi & Paul Poast; The Atlantic, Mar. 18, 2026
- March 18, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
- by Anne Applebaum; The Atlantic, Mar. 17, 2026
- Crypto, AI, and AIPAC Are Corrupting Democratic Primaries
- by Bill Scher; Washington Monthly, Mar. 17, 2026
- March 17, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- A.I. Is Coming for Politics
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Mar. 17, 2026
- March 16, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- March 15, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- March 13, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback
- by Bill Scher; Washington Monthly, Mar. 10, 2026
- March 11, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump
- by Franklin Foer; The Atlantic, Mar. 11, 2026
- Trump’s Smash-and-Grab Presidency Reaches New Heights
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Mar. 10, 2026
- March 9, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The Cynical, Gullible American Man
- by Adam Serwer; The Atlantic, Mar. 9, 2026
- March 8, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine
- by Anton Troianovski; New York Times, Mar. 8, 2026
- Americans aren’t facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath
- by Eric Reinhart; The Guardian, Mar. 8, 2026
- March 7, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- March 6, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence
- by Tom Nichols; The Atlantic, Mar. 6, 2026
- What the Iran War Really Means for the Stock Market
- by Jack Hough; Barron's, Mar. 6, 2026
- Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
- by Lydia Polgreen; New York Times, Mar.6, 2026
- With Iran, Obama Displayed “The Art of the Deal.” Trump Didn’t
- by Bill Scher; Washington Monthly, Mar. 6, 2026
- March 5, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran
- by Karim Sadjadpour; The Atlantic, Mar. 4, 2026
- The American King Goes to War
- by Adam Serwer; The Atlantic, Mar. 4, 2026
- What “Western Civilization” Really Means
- by Francis Fukuyama; Persuasion, Mar. 3, 2026
- JD Vance Has His Reasons
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Mar. 3, 2026
- Trump Buries the 20th Century
- by Alexander Burns; POLITICO, Mar. 2, 2026
- February 28, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- February 27, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Why Trump’s Fearmongering Is Falling Flat With Voters
- by E.J. Dionne; New York Times, Feb. 27, 2026
- What Trump Sells Is Impunity
- by Katherine Alejandra Cross; Liberal Currents, Feb. 23, 2026
- The Donald Trump 1 Percent Fan Club
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Feb. 24, 2026
- February 23, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- February 19, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- February 18, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- I Love Illinois. I Love America. I Refuse to Stop.
- by J.B. Pritzker; Feb. 18, 2026
- Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert
- by David A. Graham; The Atlantic, Feb. 17, 2026
- February 17, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Has Trump Thrown the Democrats a Lifesaver?
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Feb. 17, 2026
- February 15, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- February 13, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- February 12, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The Unexpected Persistence of John Rawls
- by Joseph Heath; Persuasion, Feb. 10, 2026
- What Should Democrats Do to Create a Durable Majority? Our Readers Have Thoughts.
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Feb. 10, 2026
- February 8, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- February 6, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The Intellectual Edgelords of the GOP
- by Laura K. Field; The Atlantic, Feb. 5, 2026
- February 5, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Project 2028
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Feb. 3, 2026
- January 31, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act
- by Jelani Cobb; The New Yorker, Jan. 30, 2026
- January 30, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- The Unraveling Right
- by David Austin Walsh; Washington Monthly, Jan. 29, 2026
- What Should Americans Do Now?
- by George Packer; The Atlantic, Jan. 27, 2026
- Democrats Have to Be More Than the Anti-Trump Party
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Jan. 27, 2026
- The Minneapolis Uprising
- by Robert F. Worth; The Atlantic, Jan. 25, 2026
- Trump Is Engineering Regime Change, Right Here at Home
- by E.J. Dionne; New York Times, Jan. 25, 2026
- Yes, It’s Fascism
- by Jonathan Rauch; The Atlantic, Jan. 25, 2026
- January 23, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- January 21, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- ‘This Is Trump’s Goon Squad, for Christ’s Sake’
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Jan. 20, 2026
- January 19, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- MAGA Is Discovering the Downsides of X
- by Ian Ward, POLITICO, Jan. 18, 2026
- January 15, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump’s War on Climate Is Thumping Detroit
- by Bill Saporito; New York Times, Jan. 14, 2026
- Trump Unmasked
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Jan. 13, 2026
- Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
- by David Frum; The Atlantic, Jan. 12, 2026
- Statement on the Federal Reserve
- Substack, Jan. 12, 2026
- Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
- U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Jan. 11, 2026
- January 11, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- This Is Trump’s One Small Trick to Destroy American Democracy
- by Lydia Polgreen; New York Times, Jan. 9, 2026
- January 7, 2026
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- Trump Is Pushing a Culture War That Knows No Bounds
- by Thomas B. Edsall; New York Times, Jan. 6, 2026
- Trump’s new world order is being born – and Venezuela is just the start
- by Owen Jones; The Guardian, Jan 6, 2026
Articles of Note: Climate Change
- Earth's climate is more out of balance than any time in record history, U.N. warns
- by Andrea Thompson; Scientific American, Mar. 23, 2026
- What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
- by Vann R. Newkirk II; The Atlantic, Nov. 10, 2025
- The rightwing US supreme court has climate protection in its sights
- by Laurence H. Tribe and Jeremy Lewin; The Guardian, Feb. 28, 2022
- This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats
- by Bill McKibben; The Guardian, Feb. 25, 2022
- Think big on climate: the transformation of society in months has been done before
- by George Monbiot; The Guardian, Oct. 20, 2021
- Big oil coined ‘carbon footprints’ to blame us for their greed. Keep them on the hook
- by Rebecca Solnit; The Guardian, Aug. 23, 2021
- Our climate change turning point is right here, right now
- by Rebecca Solnit; The Guardian, July 12, 2021
A.I.
Articles of Note: General
- What Causes Lightning? The Answer Keeps Getting More Interesting.
- by Charlie Wood; Quanta Magazine, May 6, 2026
- How NASA Built Artemis II’s Fault-Tolerant Computer
- by Logan Kugler; Communications of the ACM, Apr. 8, 2026
- Noids - Neural boids
- by Cam Pedersen, Mar. 9, 2026
- Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality
- by Zack Savitsky; Quanta Magazine, Oct. 29, 2025
- Why the open social web matters now
- by Ben Werdmuller; Oct. 14, 2025
- Big Cheers to Rutger Bregman
- by Bob Ewing; Talking Big Ideas, Sep. 5, 2025
- How to Save the American University
- by Jacob Hale Russell & Dennis Patterson; The Guardian, Aug. 24, 2025
- Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare
- by Dan Falk; Quanta Magazine, Apr. 19, 2024
- Fundamentals of Piano Practice
- Online ebook
- An Unlikely Meditation on Modern Happiness: Rereading Kierkegaard’s “Fear and Trembling”
- by Ryan Kemp; The Hedgehog Review, Feb. 3, 2022
- How to Fix Social Media
- by Nicholas Carr; The New Atlantis, Fall 2021
- How much sleep is enough? Study says focus on consistency, too.
- by Pam Moore; Washington Post, Apr. 30, 2021
- In Praise of Idleness
- by Bertrand Russell; Harper's, Oct. 1932
- Japan Dome House
- The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC
- by Gareth Edwards, Jun. 5, 2024
- Review: "Spinoza's Religion"
- by Clare Carlisle; Prospect Magazine
- Why is walking so good for the brain? Blame it on the "spontaneous fluctuations"
- by Thomas Nail; Salon.com, Aug. 28, 2021
- How Gödel’s Proof Works
- by Natalie Wolchover; Quanta Magazine, Jul. 14, 2020
- Why Musicians Need Philosophy
- by Roger Scruton; Future Symphony Institute
- Why Standard Time is better
- by Michael Herf; Medium
- I still love Kierkegaard
- by Julian Baggini; Aeon Magazine, May 6, 2013
- Close the Book. Recall. Write It Down
- The Chronicle, May 1, 2009
- When meditation turns toxic: the woman exposing spiritual sexism
- The Guardian, Dec. 8, 2021
Articles of Note: Political Science
- Actually, Democrats do need a Project 2029
- by Joseph Heath; In Due Course, Mar. 31, 2026
- The Outliers
- by Joseph Heath; In Due Course, Mar. 5, 2026
- Populism fast and slow
- by Joseph Heath; In Due Course, Oct. 19, 2025
- There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess...
- by Aaron Benanav; New York Times, Apr. 21, 2025
- Meet Wolfgang Streeck, the Maverick German Thinker Explaining Our World
- New York Times, Nov. 28, 2024
- The Violent Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy
- Interview with Wendy Brown; Boston Review, Oct. 21, 2024
- Why Socialist Susan Neiman Says 'Woke-ism' Is Not Leftist
- CBC Radio, Apr. 12, 2023
- The Untold Story of ‘Russiagate’ and the Road to War in Ukraine
- by Jim Rutenberg; New York Times, Nov. 2, 2022
- The Case Against Judicial Review
- by Ryan Cooper; The American Prospect, Jul. 11, 2022
- Whose Freedom Counts? Anti-lockdown protesters are twisting the idea of liberty.
- by Dahlia Lithwick; Slate, May 7, 2020
