Feb 11, 2026
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Nuclear arms control, RIP. The expiration of the New START treaty, agreed in 2010, marks the end of an era that began in 1972 with the first major U.S.-Soviet strategic nuclear arms pact brokered by Nixon and Brezhnev. In this episode,...
Feb 6, 2026
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The fascism debate is intensifying as the Trump administration lurches deeper into authoritarianism. Analogies abound, trying to connect or liken what's happening today to the death of democracy in...
Jan 30, 2026
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President Trump's harsh immigration crackdown would not be possible without a militarized law enforcement apparatus that presidents and legislators of both political parties built...
Jan 27, 2026
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The Trump administration's National Security Strategy calls for "flexible realism" in foreign policy, a supposed departure from the military...
Jan 20, 2026
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This is the first in an occasional series of episodes (one or two per month) marking the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
In January 1776, a pamphlet printed in Philadelphia became an instant...