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The Scold Problem
Why fear-based moral enforcement is killing the left’s ability to build democratic coalitions
Dec 29, 2025 • Mike Brock
A New Year and a Manifesto for America
A New Year's Message from the Circus.
Dec 28, 2025 • Mike Brock
Stop Calculating and Do What's Right
History's moral dimensions, Trump's abandonment of democratic alliances, and the fight ahead
Dec 27, 2025 • Mike Brock
38:34
A Dodd-Frank for Capital Markets
An Incomplete Lesson Learned from History
Dec 26, 2025 • Mike Brock
As the Sun Sets on Sand Hill Road, Andreessen Awaits His Caesar
The Architecture of a Tyranny
Dec 26, 2025 • Mike Brock
The Awakening
When Light Touches What Was Lost
Dec 25, 2025 • Mike Brock
Forrest Gump and America’s Return to Innocence
A Christmas Essay
Dec 23, 2025 • Mike Brock
Bari Weiss and David Ellison Threaten to Sue the Internet
On Sunday evening, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss killed a 60 Minutes segment about men deported to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison—a story that…
Dec 23, 2025 • Mike Brock
What Did Jeffrey Epstein Know About Donald Trump?
Well.
Dec 23, 2025 • Mike Brock
Bari Weiss is Not on the Level
When Fairness Becomes Permission for Lawlessness
Dec 22, 2025 • Mike Brock
A Conspiracy of Capital
How Political Favor Became a Deal Variable
Dec 18, 2025 • Mike Brock
History, Democracy, and the Work of Meaning — with Alexis Coe
A recording from Mike Brock's live video
Dec 17, 2025 • Mike Brock and Alexis Coe
56:32
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