Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Conor Friedersdorf argues that although Matt Yglesias is a liberal, he’s not entirely ...

In an item yesterday, I argued that if you're trying to understand someone like Matt Yglesias, whether to effectively argue against his views or to engage him persuasively, the frames of "statism" and ...

Do we want statist or a constitutionalist government? That is the question that confronts American politics today. What is the difference between them? A constitutionalist wants the limited government ...

On his Twitter feed, talk radio host Mark Levin has asked for feedback on “A Conservative Manifesto,” the epilogue to his bestselling book Liberty and Tyranny. Some time ago I borrowed the book from ...

President Donald Trump’s increasing control over businesses and the economy is being described by some commentators as “state capitalism”—a mix between socialism and capitalism. But the term “state ...

Last week Bagehot wrote one of the most thought-provoking essays I’ve read in a long time on the subject of “statist individualism” in Scandinavia, and it raised a number of thoughts: Finally, “The ...

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