Modern Age is pleased to offer some relief that nonetheless has a measure of relevance. We asked some twenty of our friends and contributors to weigh in on the best choice for president—but not the best choice on the ballot this November. Instead, we asked them to...
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Jim Bovard’s Guide to Surviving Election Day
by Jim Bovard | Oct 30, 2020 | Featured Articles
Election Day can be the longest day of the year. Especially if the presidential race remains undecided late into the evening, neither Xanax nor vodka may be enough to kill the pain. In lieu of other sedatives, following are some cheerful lines which might blunt the...
Crony Capitalist Execs Cheer Selection of Kamala Harris as Dem VP
by Jake Johnson | Aug 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
With the prospect of longtime bank critic and progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren being chosen as Joe Biden's running mate now officially dead, Wall Street executives are openly applauding the presumptive Democratic nominee's selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris...
News Roundup 8/6/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 6, 2020 | News Roundup
2020 Joe Biden calls for more funding for police. [Link] Susan Rice is emerging as a top choice for Biden's vice president. [Link] Iowa restores voting rights to felons who have completed their sentence. [Link] US News Senator Rand Paul introduces a bill that will...
Men’s Lives Matter: Male Victims of Sexual Abuse
by Wendy McElroy | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured Articles
When a woman sexually abuses a man, the pain inflicted is dismissed by those whose political paradigm does not include men as victims.Unfortunately, these voices dominate the research, media, and legislation that surrounds the issue of sexual victimization. Their...
How Libertarians Can Create Order From Chaos
by Tommy Salmons | Jun 12, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The aftermath of George Floyd's murder has ushered in a grisly scene of terror for many. All around the country police are attacking peaceful protestors while ideological opportunists loot and riot, destroying private property and burning down cities. As emotions run...
Taking Steps Towards a City Without Local Police
by James Reilly | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog
Recently, Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was interviewed regarding the Council's latest political move towards abolition of the local police department. The interview left me underwhelmed. She gave no indication that she was familiar with the technical...
Coronavirus Lockdown: The Political Versus The Voluntary
by Bradley Thomas | May 3, 2020 | Featured Articles
The government lockdown is mandatory. Re-opening is not. The contrast is stark and worth exploring as it underscores the difference between political and voluntary means of organizing society. Most states have imposed mandatory “stay at home” or “shelter in place”...
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You don’t need the sun glasses…
It turns out wearing the glasses made no difference. In the John Carpenter film, They Live, our hero John Nada is one in many workers stumbling from hunger to poverty and piece work in an economy that is only built to exploit them. It’s a film both critical of Reagan...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Jim Webb: Trump to Netanyahu: ‘You’re F**king Crazy’
Trump didn’t just get “frustrated” with Netanyahu. He confirmed he told him, “Are you effing crazy,” and that single moment raises a bigger question: if the White House is truly fed up, why does the region still look like it’s sliding toward wider war? Jim Webb joins...
The Other Side of the Slap
I spent a lot of time dealing with the victim of violence. That betrayal only a lover can express, the sinister switch from affection or at least the performance required to invent love, to twist into a tantrum of rage. The bruising and cuts, a secondary blistering to...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Trump Meeting in Situation Room to Decide on Iran Deal
A deal with Iran sounds simple until you read the fine print. We dig into the reports of a memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift parts of the pressure campaign, then ask the uncomfortable question: is this “freedom of navigation,”...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Daniel McAdams: Axios Says US–Iran Deal Reached as U.S. and IRAN Trade Missile Fire
Congress is hollowing out, and the consequences show up first in foreign policy. Dan McAdams returns to talk with us about what Thomas Massie’s primary loss signals for antiwar oversight, why the Ron Paul era of forcing floor debates through appropriations fights is...
To Baptize the State w/John Weeks
John and I skip reading Rules for Radicals this week and discuss ideas that have been bogging us down for the last few months.
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