There aren’t many video games about political philosophy. Even fewer are about Ayn Rand and the outer limits of Objectivism. But BioShock is exactly that. Released… Read More »Ken Levine on BioShock, Ayn Rand, and libertarianism
President Trump’s recent declaration that he would take over Greenland, by force if necessary, threatening NATO leaders committed to the alliance, and anyone else who… Read More »‘Reuniting nations’ – LabourList
That old phrase ‘you wait for a bus and then three come at once’ has always been, for me, just a fact of life. If… Read More »Badenoch says politics is broken. The Conservatives should mend it, because it already seems too ‘fixed’ | Conservative Home
Think about it. Heads of government do not normally reveal the texts of private communications from other heads of state. Yet that is what Norwegian… Read More »Trump’s Outrageous Threats Get Practical Results
Undercounting the population in red states like Texas and Florida in 2020 cost Republicans at least six seats in the House of Representatives, while overcounting… Read More »Bureaucrats’ Political Donations Hint Census Bureau Overcounting for Democrats May Not Be Coincidental
The President’s House in Philadelphia, where the cheesesteak was invented, probably. If we are getting the Trump administration’s view of American history correct, the sequence… Read More »Trump Administration Finds History It Wants Erased. Surprise, It Is Slavery!
Most conservatives believe that strong friendships transcend political differences. Maybe not 100 percent of the time, sure, but if we have a close friendship,… Read More »Texas Congressional Hopeful Learns How Voters (Even Friends) React to Her Being an Insufferable Scold
The internet you experience daily—endless scrolling, algorithmic feeds serving content you didn’t ask for, AI-generated slop clogging search results—isn’t the only internet available. It’s just… Read More »How to build your own internet in 2026
I recently attended a “Life in the Spirit” —Catholic charismatic—talk. It troubled me; I think it got a critical matter wrong. I fear the speaker… Read More »On Burning the Boats of Sin
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This article was co-published… Read More »America’s reading crisis that no one wants to talk about
