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August 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Where People Meet

Where People MeetThe top lesson I learned as a Discourse editor? Ideas matter, but people matter more͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …

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August 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM

The Death (and Rebirth?) of the Ideas Business

The Death (and Rebirth?) of the Ideas BusinessThe decline of the magazine has impoverished our ability to think about our world͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …

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August 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM

Discourse and Me

Discourse and MeI did some of my best work for Discourse, and I had a hell of a good time doing it͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …

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August 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Yours Thankfully

Yours ThankfullyAs this chapter of Discourse magazine, and of my life, comes to a close, it all boils down to gratitude͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …

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August 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM

All Good Things…

All Good Things…In his final Editor’s Corner, David Masci says goodbye to a five-year love affair͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…

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August 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM

Lies in the Land of Confusion

Lies in the Land of ConfusionShould there be legal consequences for telling falsehoods? The Supreme Court has created a complicated, murky landscape͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …

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August 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Command of the Seafloor Is the New Naval Challenge

Command of the Seafloor Is the New Naval ChallengeActs of sabotage against undersea infrastructure are becoming more frequent and costly͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …

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August 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM

Finding Freedom in “Walden”

Finding Freedom in “Walden”180 years after Henry David Thoreau moved to Walden Pond, we can learn a lot from his ideals, even when he didn’t live them out perfectly͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …

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August 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM

The Left’s Sudden About-Face on Portable Benefits for Contractors

The Left’s Sudden About-Face on Portable Benefits for ContractorsOn the question of independent contractor protection, a once-promising road of bipartisanship faces the wrecking ball of politics as usual͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …

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August 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM

When Earth Is No Longer Everything

When Earth Is No Longer EverythingIn the space economy, the geocentric economic model could give way to a heliocentric future͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…

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August 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Hidden Threads: The Spaces in Between

Hidden Threads: The Spaces in BetweenTo truly understand the natural world, we must include the negative spaces we have so often overlooked͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…

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August 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Iran Should Abolish Its Nuclear Program

Iran Should Abolish Its Nuclear ProgramThe country is likely to be more secure without one͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…

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August 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Donald Trump’s Orgy of Corruption

Donald Trump’s Orgy of CorruptionTrump made the economy dependent on him, and now he’s shaking everybody down͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …

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July 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM

Three and a Half Reasons for Liberal Hope

Three and a Half Reasons for Liberal HopeForget an American descent into fascism: There are still reasons for classical liberals to be optimistic—if cautiously so͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …

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July 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM

The Death of the Artist?

The Death of the Artist?With the dawn of AI artists, we must fight to keep human experience in art or face extinction of the artist͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…

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July 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM

Short Videos as Digital Folklore

Short Videos as Digital FolkloreThe rise of short videos has fueled a surge in creativity, but it’s dealt a blow to literacy in society͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …

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July 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM

We Try Harder

We Try HarderHow two foreign countries made me think about two American cities͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏    …

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July 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Our Festivus in Chief

Our Festivus in ChiefTrump’s presidency is less about a 'Groundhog Day' time loop of endless repetition than a never-ending airing of grievances͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …

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July 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM

The Unseen Industries in the Independent Contractor Debate

The Unseen Industries in the Independent Contractor DebateThe designation of employee vs. contractor affects far more than just gig workers͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­…

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July 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Boundaries Are Bridges, Not Walls

Boundaries Are Bridges, Not WallsNavigating times of division demands that we find ways to stay connected͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …

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July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM

Hidden Threads: The Whole Person

Hidden Threads: The Whole PersonIn this second essay in the Hidden Threads series, we explore recent efforts to view and understand the human body holistically͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…

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July 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Trump Conjures Nixon

Trump Conjures NixonThe president’s realpolitik foreign policy gets results͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…

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July 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Teaching Etiquette at a Think Tank

Teaching Etiquette at a Think TankEven in the informal culture of contemporary America, manners still matter͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …

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July 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Public and Private Transportation Initiatives Help Vulnerable Tennessee Mothers

Public and Private Transportation Initiatives Help Vulnerable Tennessee MothersTennessee’s abortion ban heightens state responsibilities for helping with prenatal and postpartum care͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …

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July 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Oh My Darling Dandelion?

Oh My Darling Dandelion?Is shame really an effective strategy for making people ‘do the right thing’?͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …

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