The American Mind's Weekly Digest

SALVOS

The Great Train Robbery

Joel Kotkin

Efforts to force Americans onto trains are largely pointless and counterproductive. Rather than impose expensive and often ill-conceived solutions for getting around, we can create a new transportation system that allows for maximum choice and comfort.

Hacking the World

Raw Egg Nationalist

Geoengineering is going viral, and we’re no better prepared to deal with it than we were a decade ago. The prospect of thousands of "geoengineers" trying to save the planet could spell disaster.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #156

“What Is Truth?”

The Editors

This week’s edition of “This is Fine” kicks off with a close analysis of an increasingly common phenomenon in mainstream media: supplanting objectivity with personal experience and identity. From Watergate to a recent viral WaPo op-ed, they uncover the fables the press tells itself as copium. Plus: the editors discuss where they turn to for reliable news, the tragic killing of Tyre Nichols, and their favorite stories on TAM this week.