My paper from Cambridge.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/how-the-cl...

Letter from Cambridge.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-green-an...

They really are doing "say what you like about the tents of National Socialism but at least it's an ethos"

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

This sounds like he's gay

New York in the bleak and blighted ’80s; the conspiracy behind the "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory; Kant vs. Bourdieu in the age of AI t.co/0PQR5ybvD2

Thoughts about the Massie primary. www.unpopularfront.news/p/this-is-no...

but Will Stancil posted in all caps that the economy is fine

Byron's Big Break Up; First Time as Farce; The Italian Angle; A Reader Question www.unpopularfront.news/p/byrons-big...

Part 2 of my look at Nazi "socialism."— www.unpopularfront.news/p/how-social...

For what it's worth.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/how-social...

so is sin

When you see the fights that happen here and how they trap people in endless cycles of recrimination, you start to think that BlueSky might be a circle of hell.

My visit to the Antiquarian Bookfair; Irma Brandeis's The Ladder of Vision; Lina Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-visit-to...

The shooting that wasn't.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-shooti...

The shooting that wasn't.—https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-shooting-that-wasnt

@maxread.info and I spoke to @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com about their terrific new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...

Kevin Roberts at Heritage praises Paul Gottfried and Chronicles.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/paleos-asc...

Please consider a paid subscription! www.unpopularfront.news/p/tax-day-te...

[email protected] on the Corporate Thriller; Ivan Krastev on Orbán; two new books on Italian Elite Theory www.unpopularfront.news/p/corporate-...

Hungary and the cause of democracy; Buckley's myth persists; a history of Republics and Republicans www.unpopularfront.news/p/hungry-hun...

I thought the vaunted fact checkers would catch this!

cc @lioneltrolling.bsky.social

I've finished "The Infernal Triangle: How America Got this Way." Farewell to the 5-book project that consumed some 30 years, over half my life! For the nonce, writing deadline-free on this Substack. First 50 subs get signed books or personal Zoom greetings. PAY ME!!! rickperlstein.substack.com

Max Read, Maya Vinokour, and I discuss the "Dark Enlightenment" at Villa Albertine.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/dark-enlig...

latest episode of my politics show with @lioneltrolling.bsky.social is up. we talk supreme court and iran. www.patreon.com/posts/154882...

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's flight with Curtis LeMay.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/king-of-th...

Please consider a paid subscription to Unpopular Front — my taxes are truly insane. www.unpopularfront.news

The attack on birthright citizenship is the Geistesgehalt—the spiritual content—of the MAGA revolution. www.unpopularfront.news/p/birthright...

It's troubling to reflect that Habermas is ancestor to not one, but two lineages, on the techno-reactionary right.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/habermass-...

The text of my lecture yesterday at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. A special thank you to @stevenklein.bsky.social for the generous invitation! www.unpopularfront.news/p/why-the-cl...

Great turnout for John Ganz in London and excellent discussion of Iran, the conservative movement, and the future of MAGA

Natasha Stagg on the Banality of Epstein; the best discussions on the war (IMHO); Hans Kohn's disillusionment with Zionism www.unpopularfront.news/p/perspectiv...

new episode of the politics pod where me and @lioneltrolling.bsky.social have a very spirited discussion of the war in Iran. www.patreon.com/posts/unclea...

The Trumpist intellectuals wake up.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/grand-delu...

Looking back on Habermas.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/reflection...

Our first AI war.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/command-sh...

probably still pretty boring

Correction to yesterday's newsletter.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-correction

Have to issue a somewhat embarrassing correction to my newsletter this AM. I included a "translation" of the poet Hafiz that turns out to be no such thing; it's an interpretation done by an American poet who is not a Persian reader and claims to be channeling Hafiz's spirit.

Ghost World: I thought those girls were hilarious and cool. Then watched it recently and was like damn they are insanely mean.

watch here! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

going live on substack w/ @lioneltrolling.bsky.social at 2

volcano in progress

If Jamelle is a Nazi collaborator, call me Johnny Goebbels I guess

MFA

The gyre widens.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-al...

FWIW.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/testing-th...

seems pretty likely that the DoD/Anthropic showdown is being driven by katie miller crashing out over the anthropic constitution using the phrase "classical liberal democracy"

They keep doing the same thing over and over.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/i-told-you...