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Fellas, Is It Anti-Democratic To Defend Democracy?
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics As you might have heard, there’s an election tomorrow. I was going to write about it today, but I don’t see the point, really. We’ll have concrete results to talk about tomorrow and in the days and weeks ahead.
Democracy: It's Complicated.
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics Last week, I finished and turned in about half of my book on democracy — about 42,500 words, about 160 pages — which should be out sometime in 2024. What that means logistically for the newsletter is that I should get back to
“Transformative Politics”
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics A few days ago, the New York Times ran a guest essay [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/obama-lost-book-manuscript.html] from the historian Timothy Shenk on a lost manuscript Barack Obama and his friend, the economics professor Robert Fisher,
Are Men OK?
Hey all. I hope to be back to regularity with this soon, but it's been rough with a major book deadline approaching. Until then, I'd like to make up for it with longish posts, like this one, when I can. As always, send in any questions
The “E” Word
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics I have the same expectations for the midterms now that I did before the Democratic primaries in 2020 and even earlier, actually — whenever it was I first read, under Obama probably, that the party in the White House tends to lose a
No More Kings
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Recent Work I did a column [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/07/democrats-midterms-democracy-republicans] for The Guardian on Biden’s now-infamous democracy speech and how to run on the issue in the midterms and beyond: > [T]rumpism is the Republican Party’
Artificial Intelligence
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics Earlier this month, Politico ran a profile [https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/04/democratic-megadonor-sam-bankman-fried-00049048] of Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who’s quickly become one of the largest megadonors in Democratic politics.
The Center Will Not Hold.
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics The track record for these predictions has obviously been awful, but things are genuinely looking quite bad for Donald Trump right now. It seems doubtful Garland and the DOJ would have greenlit the raid on Mar-a-Lago if they weren’t really open
Mail Time!
Hey all. As you surely know, a very big thing’s happened in Congress since the last newsletter. You’ll probably see my take on that in an upcoming column. But today, it’s Mail Time. I asked for questions, and you definitely delivered. Let’s hop to it. I
Is Trump In Trouble?
Hey all. Just want to give one last reminder to send in your questions for the upcoming Mail Time if you’ve got any. nwanevuletter@gmail.com. Let’s hop to it. Politics Trump, in DC for the first time since leaving office, was welcomed back to town with a
