The View From Now
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| Date | Category | Essay Title |
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| 13 November 2025 | Politics | "The Sequence of Lives" |
| 11 November 2025 | Politics | "Political Reality" |
| 9 November 2025 | Politics | "Social Democracy" |
| 7 November 2025 | Russia & China | "Pokrovsk" |
| 5 November 2025 | Today's Isms | "Survival" |
| 2 November 2025 | History | "Uncovering History" |
| 31 October 2025 | Politics | "It's a Revolt" |
| 29 October 2025 | Politics | "Being in History" |
| 26 October 2025 | Today's Isms | "Understanding History" |
| 23 October 2025 | Today's Isms | "The White House" |
| 22 October 2025 | Politics | "Leaders" |
| 16 October 2025 | Society | "The Captialists" |
| 12 October 2025 | Special | "Signs of Dementia" |
| 10 October 2025 | The Media | "Plan A ... Plan B" |
| 2 October 2025 | Politics | "Lear" |
| 25 Sept 2025 | Economics | "A Vanishing Future"edit 9/25:1600 |
| 18 Sept 2025 | The Media | "Free Speech!" |
| 15 Sept 2025 | Psychology | Heros and Leaders |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Society | High Society |
| 5 Sept 2025 | Politics | What Slow Beast ...? |
| 2 Sept 2025 | Politics | Paramilitary |
| 27 August 2025 | Reality | Praxis |
| 20 August 2025 | Economics | The Problems—5 |
| 16 August 2025 | Society | The Problems—4 |
| 12 August 2025 | The Media | The Problems—3 |
| 8 August 2025 | Government | The Problems—2 |
| 4 August 2025 | Politics | The Problems—1 |
| 1 August 2025 | Government | A Broken Republic |
| 23 July 2025 | Society | I Wish Her Well |
| 20 July 2025 | Religion | The Coming AGI |
| 11 July 2025 | Government | State of the Democracy |
| 3 July 2025 | Government | Constitutional Failure |
| 27 June 2025 | Government | Jim Ryan |
| 21 June 2025 | War & Peace | IRAN |
| 12 June 2025 | Special | In Two Days—Thugs |
| 9 June 2025 | Government | Education |
| 6 June 2025 | Society | Social Stability |
| 3 June 2025 | Politics | Our Pot-holed Path |
| 1 June 2025 | The Media | Mental Anguish |
| 28 May 2025 | Russia & China | Putin & Trump |
| 23 May 2025 | Today's Isms | Selling Out & Buying In (Rev. 5/24 & 5/27) |
| 18 May 2025 | Special | Our Pequod Nation |
| 15 May 2025 | Arts & Sciences | Is Art Subversive? |
| 11 May 2025 | Today's Isms | "Democracy" (Rev. 12 May) |
| 9 May 2025 | Politics | "Chaos Continues" |
| 3 May 2025 | The Media | "Reality" |
| 1 May 2025 | Government | "Citizens United & Oligarchy" |
| 27 April 2025 | Special | Voice |
| 19 April 2025 | The Media | Caesar |
| 16 April 2025 | Society | Education Broadly |
| 11 April 2025 | Politics | Republicans (or what you will) (slightly revised) |
| 5 April 2025 | Economics | Tariffs |
| 28 March 2025 | Global Affairs | North America |
| 26 March 2025 | Special | The ER |
| 19 March 2025 | Government | Constitutional Crisis |
| 14 March 2025 | Politics | Democrats |
| 11 March 2025 | Society | Civil Disobedience |
| 5 March 2025 | Government | Moral Purpose |
| 1 March 2025 | Politics | Red Lines |
| 26 February 2025 | Metaphysics | Dystopia and Zen (Edited) |
| 22 February 2025 | Society | What Is to Be Done |
| 19 February 2025 | Special | 'Unspoken' (Edited and Revised ...volitional) |
| 16 February 2025 | Politics | "Teeth" |
| 11 February 2025 | Global | "What Could Go Wrong" |
| 4 February 2025 | Government | "Resistance is Futile!" (Ed'd) |
| 28 January 2025 | The Media | "SpinCo" |
| 24 January 2025 | Society | "It's (Irredeemably) Broken" |
| 16 January 2025 | Economics | "Oligarchs" |
| 6 January 2025 | Economics | "Something is Terribly Wrong!" |
| 1 January 2025 | Arts and Sciences | "I Want to See You Be Brave" |
| 23 DEC 2024 | The Media | "Circling the Drain" |
| 20 DEC 2024 | Special | Three Years Ago |
| 18 DEC 2024 | Society | Apprehension and Fear |
| 9 DEC 2024 | War & Peace | Genocide |
| 6 DEC 2024 | Politics | Messy |
| 2 DEC 2024 | SPECIAL | Time |
| 19 NOV 2024 | SPECIAL | Martial Law |
| 15 NOV 2024 | SPECIAL | "The Ides" of November |
| 11 NOV 2024 | War & Peace | Veterans Day |
| 9 NOV 2024 | Society | Considering the Consequences |
| 6 NOV 2024 | Politics | Trump |
| 5 NOV 2024 | Economics | Is American Agriculture Rural? |
| 2 NOV 2024 | Government | Anti-Exceptionalism |
| 30 OCT 2024 | The Media | Society is a River |
| 29 OCT 2024 | Society | Fear |
| 28 OCT 2024 | Politics | The Plan |
| 24 OCT 2024 | The Media | About a Week to Go |
| 17 OCT 2024 | Politics | The Voting Republican |
| 13 OCT 2024 | War and Peace | New Nuclear Arms Race (with post script comment) |
| 9 OCT 2024 | Politics | Stirring the Pot |
| 5 OCT 2024 | Russia & China | Putin's Nuclear Weapons Policy |
| 3 OCT 2024 | Government | Reconsidering the Constitution |
| 28 SEP 2024 | The Media | Talking to the People |
| 22 SEP 2024 | War and Peace | Asymmetric Cold War |
| 20 SEP 2024 | Society | Femmes et Hommes (coding error affecting Chrome/Edge fixed now, I rcmd Firefox) |
| 14 SEP 2024 | Government | Power Privilege |
| 11 SEP 2024 | Politics | "Put out" (rev. 9/12) |
| 10 SEP 2024 | Government | The Urgency of Change |
| 9 SEP 2024 | The Media | Professional Principles (rev. 10pm PDT) |
| 7 SEP 2024 | Russia & China | The Coming coup d'etat in Russia |
| 5 SEP 2024 | Society | Corrupted Conscience |
| 4 SEP 2024 | Politics | Incredulous |
| 2 SEP 2024 | Politics | Kamala Harris |
| Change to The View from Now | ||
| 25 August 2024 | Government | Front Burner |
| 23 August 2024 | Politics | Charisma |
| 20 August 2024 | Politics | DNC: Halfway |
| 19 August 2024 | The Media | Riven |
| 18 August 2024 | Politics | Dithering |
| 14 August 2024 | Metaphysics | "Everything Could Have Been So Different" |
| 9 August 2024 | The Media | Journalism |
| 8 August 2024 | Society | Jargon |
| 3 August 2024 | The Media | The Challenge |
| 26 July 2024 | Politics | Landslide !! |
| 21 July 2024 | Politics | Landslide! |
| 17 July 2024 | The Media | What does Existential actually mean? |
| 14 July 2024 | Russia & China | The 19th C. Russian Intelligentsia Revised |
| 11 July 2024 | Politics | Step Aside! |
| The Fourth of July 2024 | Politics | Reevaluate! |
| 1 JUL 2024 | Government | "During Good Behaviour" |
| 28 JUN 2024 | Politics | "Slow Start" |
| 24 JUN 2024 | Government | The Central Intelligence Agency |
| 20 JUN 2024 | Russia & China | She Loves Russia |
| 11 JUN 2024 | Politics | Trumpists |
| 9 JUN 2024 | Society | Attention to the Birds |
| 7 JUN 2024 | Russia & China | EURASIA |
| 5 JUN 2024 | Metaphysics | Christianity |
| 2 JUN 2024 | War & Peace | Things That Cannot Be Undone |
| 1 JUN 2024 | Society | Stockholm Syndrome |
| 31 MAY 2024 | Today's Isms | A New Realism (edited—Sorry about the missing commas etc.) |
| 25 MAY 2024 | Politics | Next Week |
| 18 MAY 2024 | Government | Reasonable Judgement |
| 17 MAY 2024 | Arts & Sciences | The Home Galaxy |
| 15 MAY 2024 | The Media | The Tribulations of Reporting Trials |
| 11 MAY 2024 | Arts & Sciences | Academic Freedom |
| 10 MAY 2024 | Society | Attention Span |
| 8 MAY 2024 | Government | Portentous |
| 2 MAY 2024 | Today's Isms | Free Speech |
| 30 APR 2024 | War & Peace | "If Israel is to Survive ..." (Revised) |
| 27 APR 2024 | The Media | The Meaning of Words |
| 26 APR 2024 | Government | Justice or Corruption |
| 19 APR 2024 | Arts & Sciences | Reality: An Emergence Theory |
| 17 APR 2024 | Russia & China | Russia v. Ukraine |
| 14 APR 2024 | The Media | Gaslighting |
| 12 APR 2024 | Politics | The Embarrassing Origins of American Fascism |
| 5 APR 2024 | Metaphysics | Fear |
| 3 APR 2024 | War & Peace | Incomprehensible |
| 2 APR 2024 | Society | Practice: Religion and Life |
| 27 MAR 2024 | Politics | Takeover: The Rise to Power |
| 22 MAR 2024 | Society | Klinkenborg and O'Toole |
| 21 MAR 2024 | Government | The Judiciary: Background |
| 19 MAR 2024 | Bibliography -- | Major revision to Habitus |
| 18 MAR 2024 | Arts & Sciences | The End of the World |
| 10 MAR 2024 | Notes | Select Bibliography |
| 7 MAR 2024 | The Media | Sarcasm, Irony, and the News |
| 4 MAR 2024 | Government |
Trump v. Anderson, et al: The Impossible Decision Expanded 2nd Edition 5/3/24 |
| 3 MAR 2024 | The Media | Books of War |
| 2 MAR 2024 | Notes | Nuper inamoenum |
| 29 FEB 2024 | Government | Mistakes v. Misconduct |
| 22 FEB 2024 | Politics | The Democratic Presidential Candidacy: The Facts |
| 22 FEB 2024 | The Media | "Overheard in the SCIF" — A short drama |
| 18 FEB 2024 | Politics | Denouement: The Players and the Plots |
| 16 FEB 2024 | Russia & China | In Memoriam: Alexei Navalny |
| 15 FEB 2024 | Metaphysics | The Radical Philosopher |
| 13 FEB 2024 | Russia & China | Russia and Eurasian-ism |
| 10 FEB 2024 | Politics | Democrats (rev.11 Feb 24) |
| 5 FEB 2024 | Society | "Elites" |
| 3 FEB 2024 | War & Peace | The Delicate Pathway Across the Mid-East |
| 30 JAN 2024 | Metaphysics | Make Me Great Again -- with Addendum of 31 January |
| 26 JAN 2024 | Today's Isms | An Existential Crisis and Existentialism |
| 22 JAN 2024 | Science | Shklovsky and Kardishev |
| 15 JAN 2024 | Politics | Iowa |
| 10 JAN 2024 (rev. 11 Jan) | Politics | Clarity |
| 8 JAN 2024 | Society | "Winter Sun" |
| 5 JAN 2024 | The Media | What Can We Do? |
| 1 JAN 2024 | Metaphysics | Me |
| 29 DEC 2023 | Government | Espionage |
| 22 DEC 2023 | Global Affairs | Overview of the Human World |
| 18 DEC 2023 | Politics | We're Two Steps Behind |
| 16 DEC 2023 | War & Peace | Our Strategy v. His |
| 14 DEC 2023 | Society | "The New Leviathans" |
| 12 DEC 2023 | Politics | Dismay |
| 4 DEC 2023 | Society | Artificial Intelligence - II |
| 30 NOV 2023 | The Media | Failing Media |
| 29 NOV 2023 | War & Peace | Palestine |
| 25 NOV 2023 | Science | Social Science in Journalism |
| 24 NOV 2023 | Politics | The Base |
| 18 NOV 2023 | Today's Isms | Liberalism |
| 16 NOV 2023 | Science | Free Will |
| 14 NOV 2023 | Metaphysics | Sleepwalking to the Brink |
| 8 NOV 2023 | Society | Conscience / Earth Two |
| 6 NOV 2023 | Russia & China | China's Directions |
| 3 NOV 2023 | Metaphysics | "Appropriation and Replication" |
| 2 NOV 2023 | War & Peace | Arrogance |
| 31 OCT 2023 | Today's Isms | Tribalism |
| 28 OCT 2023 | Society | Pitchfork America |
| 24 OCT 2023 | War & Peace | "Another Way" |
| 21 OCT 2023 | Society | A New Kind of History? |
| 18 OCT 2023 | The Media | Reporting the Truth |
| 16 OCT 2023 | Politics | This Crisis is Real! |
| 15 OCT 2023 | War and Peace | "Our Deliberate Misunderstanding" |
| 12 OCT 2023 | War and Peace | Lex Talionis |
| 9 OCT 2023 | Economics | ESG |
| 6 OCT 2023 | The Media | MSNBC |
| 5 OCT 2023 | Metaphysics | Separation of Church and State |
| 30 SEPT 2023 | Global Affairs | The EU and NATO |
| 29 SEPT 2023 | Politics | 4th Ohio |
| 26 SEPT 2023 | Metaphysics | Bail and Bond |
| 23 SEPT 2023 | Science | Artificial Intelligence |
| 19 SEPT 2023 | Politics | Crossroads |
| 15 SEPT 2023 | Government | Good-Faith Actors |
| 11 SEPT 2023 | Today's Isms | Terrorism |
| 7 SEPT 2023 | The Media | R.I.C.O. |
| 5 SEPT 2023 | Economics | Myrddin Wyllt |
| 1 SEPT 2023 | Russia & China | Putin's Global War |
| 30 August 2023 | The Media | That's Ageism, Charlie |
| 28 August 2023 | Society | Nottingham |
| 24 August 2023 | Politics | One Party System |
| 18 August 2023 | The Media | How the World Works |
| 14 August 2023 | Government | Judicial Supremacy |
| 11 August 2023 | Politics | The Single-Minded Right |
| 7 August 2023 | Russia & China | Karamazov |
| 4 August 2023 | Society | Rabble and Deplorables |
| 2 August 2023 | The Media | Indictment |
| 31 July 2023 | Metaphysics | The Overview Effect |
| 27 July 2023 | Economics | Individualism and the Market |
| 24 July 2023 | Economics | Bonjour encore, M. Guillotine |
| 22 July 2023 | Politics | Capitalism, Fascism, and Socialism |
| 20 July 2023 | Science | Rethinking Our Assumptions |
| 17 July 2023 | Metaphysics, Russia & China | Tolstoy's Hedgehog |
| 15 July 2023 | Foreign Affairs & Globalism | The Bastille |
| 10 July 2023 | Society | "Man Child" |
| 8 July 2023 | Society | Non-Binary |
| 5 July 2023 | Economics | "... And the Wisdom to Know the Difference" |
| 3 July 2023 | Society | The Sweep of History |
| 30 June 2023 | Politics | SCOTUS (Again!) |
| 27 June 2023 | Russia & China | Out of Order |
| 25 June 2023 | Russia & China | Inflection Point |
| 23 June 2023 | Russia & China | Betraying Ourselves |
| 20 June 2023 | The Media | Creating History |
| 17 June 2023 | Russia & China | Pop! |
| 14 June 2023 | Government | Options: Then and Now |
| 11 June 2023 | Politics | Rage? |
| 9 June 2023 | Government | Espionage |
| 8 June 2023 | Metaphysics | Quest |
| 7 June 2023 | War & Peace | How the War Must End |
| 3 June 2023 | War & Peace | "Feast" |
| 2 June 2023 | Society | Misgivings |
| 28 MAY 2023 | Science | Liberals v. Conservatives |
| 26 MAY 2023 | Goverment | If Not Annexation, Protective Custody |
| 23 MAY 2023 revised 5/24/23 | Metaphysics | How (and What) Other People Think -- Part Two |
| 21 MAY 2023 | Metaphysics | How (and What) Other People Think -- Part One |
| 17 MAY 2023 | Society | Roots of Fascism |
| 14 MAY 2023 | Russia & China | Cracks or Chasms |
| 13 MAY 2023 | The Media | Declaring War |
| 11 MAY 2023 | Politics | How Complicated is Politics |
| 8 MAY 2023 | War & Peace | Uncivil War |
| 5 MAY 2023 | Science | World Views: Indentity and Status |
| 4 MAY 2023 | Government | What Does "Good Behavior" Mean? |
| 29 APR 2023 | The Media | The Media Today |
| 25 APR 2023 | Society | Books and Tenure |
| 20 APR 2023 | Metaphysics | Apocalypse |
| 16 APR 2023 | Government | CT Scan |
| 12 APR 2023 | Society | Guns, Abortion, Vaccine, Putin |
| 9 APR 2023 | Government | "Checks" and "Balances" |
| 6 APR 2023 | Politics | Tennessee |
| 1 APR 2023 | Society | Ears of the Wolf |
| 30 MAR 2023 | The Media | Queens Man Indicted |
| 26 MAR 2023 | Society | Our Fascists |
| 20 MAR 2023 | Metaphysics | Mind |
| 16 MAR 2023 | War & Peace | Treason? |
| 12 MAR 2023 | Metaphysics | Being Sure |
| 7 MAR 2023 | Politics | Making the Choice |
| 3 MAR 2023 | The Media | Fact and Evidence and Trust |
| 28 FEB 2023 | Metaphysics | Truth, Truthiness, Lies, and Damned Lies |
| 25 FEB 2023 | War & Peace | Scythians! |
| 23 FEB 2023 | Government | While We Have the Senate |
| 17 FEB 2023 | Russia & China | Russia's Fate |
| 7 FEB 2023 | Politics | Grass Roots Briefing |
| 3 FEB 2023 | Society | Collaboration |
| 31 JAN 2023 | Society | Violence |
| 25 JAN 2023 | War and Peace | The "Acursed Questions" |
| 23 JAN 2023 | Politics | Grass Roots Homework |
| 19 JAN 2023 | Government | Unicorns and Cover-Ups |
| 17 JAN 2023 | Politics | Grass Roots Donors |
| 14 JAN 2023 | The Media | Suicide Pact |
| 10 JAN 2023 | Government | The US Department of Justice |
| 8 JAN 2023 | Society | Growing Up |
| 3 JAN 2023 | Russia & China | Russia's Way |
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