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Posts ordered from most recent to earliest.
- Timely advice for a world in which we have lots of problems to solve and very little trust in those who must solve them. #mbi_context -- Making policy for a low-trust world -- Jan 14
- A persuasive argument for being careful about the vocabulary we use to address the many different kinds of racial discrimination. #mbi_context -- When the "Racism" Doesn't Seem Racist -- Jan 14
- We will never be able to solve our problems unless we can find a way to honestly talk through the issues that divide us. #mbi_context -- Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share -- Jan 13
- We need a way to combat fake facts and disinformation that does not destroy the free and good faith of exchange of ideas that democracy requires. #mbi_context -- Have Trump’s Lies Wrecked Free Speech? -- Jan 13
- A genuinely interesting idea, "courage studies" -- an inquiry into how we could reduce barriers to doing hard, but critically important, things. #mbi_context -- Courage Studies -- Jan 12
- From Francis Fukuyama, a first-rate analysis of the many challenges facing "liberalism" and ideas for meeting them. #mbi_context -- Liberalism and Its Discontents -- Jan 12
- For those who don't really have an opportunity to reach out to the other side, an excellent summary of the big things we want each other to hear. #mbi_context -- Voters Say Those on the Other Side ‘Don’t Get’ Them. Here’s What They Want Them To Know -- Jan 12
- A persuasive, counterintuitive, controversial, and important essay explaining how today's racial politics could make things worse, rather than better. #mbi_context -- How race politics liberated the elites -- Jan 11
- If ever there was a time to replace inaccurate, evil stereotypes with genuine understanding and compassion, this is it. #mbi_colleague -- Our divided times are an opportunity for empathy. Really. -- Jan 10
- We now have an opportunity to turn away from our divisive politics and remember that we will all be better off if we find a way to work together. #mbi_context -- This Is When the Fever Breaks -- Jan 10
- A rare opportunity for gun advocates and opponents to work together in a spirit of mutual respect to advance a common goal. #mbi_context -- ‘How Did We Not Know?’ Gun Owners Confront a Suicide Epidemic -- Dec 17
- Progressive policies penalize those who play by the rules and shower benefits on those who don’t. This is a major sources of pushback. #mbi_context -- The Chump Effect -- Dec 17
- A big and overlooked problem--a system that educates more people than society is now able to use--surely can we find a way to put these folks to work. #mbi_context -- Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing? -- Dec 16
- A look at the many factors that intensified the summer's escalation spiral and brought us to the brink of large-scale violence. #mbi_context -- Everything Magnified -- Why were the protests and riots of 2020 so explosive? -- Dec 16
- Further evidence that the dynamics that produced the United States' grotesque levels of inequality are accelerating not abating. #mbi_context -- Even in a Pandemic, the Billionaires Are Winning -- Dec 15
- A genuinely interesting, and quite promising electoral reform. #mbi_context -- Alaska voters adopt ranked-choice voting in ballot initiative -- Dec 15
- For Democrats, an explanation of why it will be almost impossible to build a successful political coalition that writes off "flyover" country. #mbi_context -- Why Big-City Dominance Is a Problem for Democrats -- Dec 14
- Serious thoughts on how to bridge what is probably the most important political divide in the US---the one between the cities and the countryside. #mbi_context -- How to Reconnect Rural and Urban America -- Dec 14
- Welcome news that we are starting to see serious thinking on how to effectively meet the threat posed by disinformation. #mbi_context -- How to Defeat Disinformation -- An Agenda for the Biden Administration -- Dec 13
- For those who thought that "earmarks" were a form of corruption, an argument that they can do much to make mutually-beneficial compromises possible. #mbi_context -- Republicans and Democrats Need to Work Together. Earmarks Can Help. -- Dec 13
- A "cancel culture" case study that explains how well-meaning efforts can be amplified to the point they are genuinely counterproductive. #mbi_context -- They Tried to Cancel Me -- Dec 10
- An essay on what happens when neglecting and denying inconvenient truths comes to be a dominant mode of thought (not an occasional transgression). #mbi_context -- The Rotting of the Republican Mind -- When one party becomes detached from reality. -- Dec 10
- Further evidence of the enormous impact of our widening class divide, lower-class happiness is plummeting. #mbi_context -- The expanding class divide in happiness in the United States, 1972–2016. -- Dec 09
- An argument that Kendi's antiracism won't work, but King's does. Is it time to revive the nonviolence movement. #mbi_context -- Remember Martin Luther King Jr.? -- Dec 09
- For those who have been trying to help save democracy, an idea for a really big initiative. What would it take for this to succeed? #mbi_context -- Summit for Democracy: Go Big -- Dec 08
