My only contribution to the fascism debate is that the Indiana Democratic Party has weighed in.

If you want a book on, inter alia, the long relationship between radicalism and mainstream party politics, Sam Rosenfeld and I have you covered. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

A little footnote of personal interest to the Know Your Enemy on the New York Intellectuals: Daniel Bell voted yes on Theda Skocpol's tenure and Nathan Glazer voted no. thecrimson.com/article/1980/1…

Something that is probably lost in time for the labor movement is the sheer amount of voluntary hours unions would commit to putting out insanely detailed newsletters on local work matters and civic life. Paging Robert Putnam.

A brave column in Haaretz from my third cousin noa limone: haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

“FREE SOIL AND FREEDOM OF THE PUBLIC LANDS TO ACTUAL SETTLERS” Big “Two Faces of American Freedom” energy in this 1848 ribbon that arrived in today’s mail.

don’t get me wrong, the National Parks posters are great (esp the Dorothy Waugh ones) but I feel like people are really sleeping on the Lester Beall Rural Electrification Administration ones

This book is clearly some kind of elaborate parody.

I wrote about Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld's new book on the hollowing out of American political parties.

Their analysis helps explain why the GOP Establishment has been incapable of ousting an insurrectionist who nearly got them killed. TLDR:
vox.com/politics/24035…

In which I serve as lonely dissenting voice in a look back to the Democrats' party reforms as the skeleton key to American politics. Some great Geoffrey Cowan material, back to MFDP and Freedom Summer, all the same.

Button from my collection. May be useful advice at the pearly gates.

If I still lived in Cambridge, I’d give my #1 vote to my old friend Marc McGovern today and support the A Better Cambridge slate.

Government is important and good. As a general rule, society should probably avoid outsourcing decision-making authority to unaccountable entities. This applies as much to privately-funded NGOs as it does to privately-funded technology developers.

Where were your 8 great-grandparents from? Chicago, Germany then Chicago, NYC, Poland then NYC, Russia then Kansas City, Russia then Kansas City, Ukraine then Kansas City, Ukraine then Kansas City.

Wisdom from AOC

This book is *excellent*: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…