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The oldest conflict in American politics is the one between individualism and centralism. Reagan changed the terms by inverting them: the descendants of Jefferson’s yeoman farmers, with their desire for independence, became sturdy car-company executives and investment bankers yearning to breathe free of big government. The heirs of Hamilton’s arist
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Common sense, the ability to see consequences far removed from the technical issues, has been banished.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's discord, the coming crisis of the 2020s, and the triumph beyond
THE PEOPLE QUESTION
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
ineptitude seated in leadership positions.
John Graham • Plantation Theory: The Black Professional's Struggle Between Freedom and Security
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A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
The old American republic is collapsing. And a new American republic, as yet unrecognizable, is under construction. Little more than a decade ago, the old America, while not in robust health, still functioned.