The American Experiment: Federalist 51 and Political Realism
At the end of the day, the magic that makes the American Experiment work is that it is grounded in an astute understanding of human nature and political realism.
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Are Jews Really God’s Chosen People?
The usual understanding of the Jewish people is that the Jews are God's "chosen people." What does that mean?
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“Insurrection Barbie’s” Long Game and the Conservative Right
Early in March 2026, the famous but anonymous X account known as "Insurrection Barbie" dropped a long article about an Integralist operation to disrupt and hijack the American right-wing (or conservative movement, or Republican Party).
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Introducing Woke Nationalism
When we talk about Woke Left and Woke Right, while the essential core of being "Woke" is mostly the same, there are some key differences.
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The Israel Question as the Modern Jewish Question
The Jewish Question, which is "what do we do with the Jews?" rests on the presumption that they aren't wanted here, or maybe anywhere.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 12: Positive Christianity as the “Christian Nationalism” of the Third Reich
A "Christian Nationalist" movement is reaching into many legitimate anxieties of American Christians and turning them to its project.
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Who Are We, and What Does That Mean About Politics?
When we face the question of what makes us who we are, different people have different answers. Some see ourselves as receptacles of tradition. Others see us as a self to be discovered in the world. Still others see us as blank slates who can become whatever we can dream.
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What Jewish Values Can Teach Us About Being American: Another Trip to Israel
Join James on this new episode of the New Discourses Podcast and travel with him through Israel for a second time.
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From Transgender to Transhuman
The same arguments that justify "transgender" also justify transhuman: that who we really are does not depend on our physical body at all.
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Introducing the Problem-Solving Theory of Value
What makes something valuable? How do we determine value? One hypothesis on value is famously forwarded and relied upon by the Marxists.
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Milestones, Vol. 2: Jahiliyyah, the False Consciousness of Islamism
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay goes back into the text of Milestones to discuss this important concept and its profound parallels to Marxist Communism.
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The Book of Woke: The Production of the Woke Self
What gets called Woke, especially on the Left, is a complete worldview (or ersatz theology) that therefore provides all the usual philosophical elements.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 11: Dictatorship by Reichstag Fire
An undeniable part of the Nazi Experiment is that it operated a fascist-style dictatorship for its infamous "racialist worldview."
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What Woke Really Means
Even though it's a term without a stable meaning as it evolved, "Woke" is increasingly coming to mean something quite specific and precise.
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Milestones, Vol. 1: Islamist Bolshevism
What is Islamism? Is it the same thing as Islam? Has it varied over time? What's its relationship to Communism, at least in our present era?
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The Alchemy of the Dialectic
The dialectic is ultimately the engine of all Marxist and Hegelian thought and underlies the conflict between Fascism and Marxism.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 10: Blood, Soil, and the Racial State
James Lindsay reads from Mein Kampf to show you the horrible reality of the intended Nazi State apparatus in Hitler's own words.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 9: The Centrality of the Jewish Question
Host James Lindsay takes you through Hitler's infamous 1939 speech to the Reichstag as well as a lesser-known letter Hitler wrote in 1919.
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Am Yisrael Chai
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay talks about his recent (first ever) trip to Israel and what he learned most.
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The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 8: Carl Schmitt’s Politics and the Nazi State
Lindsay presents a short essay by Schmitt from simply titled "Politics" that leaves little doubt that his politics were Nazi politics.
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