BAD NEWSWhy Trump’s Weird Billionaire Pal Is a Threat to FreedomThe idea that journalism should answer to external review redistributes power, and turns investigations into defendants.John Mac Ghlionn
SURVEILLANCE STATEThe Most Terrifying Company in America You’ve Never Heard OfPalantir’s rise reflects the direction liberal democracies are taking: toward automated judgment and algorithmic inference—and toward control, streamlined, scalable, surgical.John Mac Ghlionn
JAILHOUSE ROCKTrump Wants to Make Alcatraz Great Again. That’s a Red FlagAlcatraz isn’t being revived because it works, but because it intimidates. It has nothing to do with criminal justice, and everything to do with narrative control.John Mac Ghlionn
POKING THE BEARWhere’s The Right’s Bill Maher?For years, America’s grumpy grandad has skewered the far-left, calling out its absurdities while staying rooted in liberal values. The right needs a similar foil.John Mac Ghlionn
