America is eiight regional cultures. At least that’s what historian Colin Woodard says in his extremely relevant book American Nations: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America. Each culture was […]
The Rule of Law
The Coming Storm
Between 1974 and 1991, thirty nations around the world formed democratic governments where there were not democratic governments before. It was what we now call the third wave of democratization. The first […]
We’re Never Going Back
When I was seventeen I took a pretty good beating from a gang of skinheads at a high school party. It was one of those parties where someone’s parents were away and […]
Small Thoughts
Dan Pfeffer. Kevin Sullivan. Jen Psaki. Ellen Moran. Jennifer Palmeri. Anita Dunn. Nicole Wallace. Dan Bartlett. Karen Hughes. Recognize any of those names? I don’t. If you do, you’re probably a White […]
Eventually, We’re Going to Have to Do Something Hard
It’s coming. Whether we like it or not. Whether we’re smart or stupid or just plain apathetic, we’re going to have to do something really hard. Together. As a people. I don’t […]
The Fourth Estate
The first Saturday after the 2016 election, I sat down with my kids to eat breakfast at our kitchen table. Cheerios and bacon. It was a Saturday morning dad breakfast if ever […]
Disruption
Silicon Valley didn’t invent disruption. We like to throw the word around like we did though. Uber disrupted taxi and car services. iTunes disrupted the music industry. Google disrupted, well everything. It’s […]
