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Michael Lind is a contributing writer of The Smart Set, a fellow at New America in Washington, D.C., and author of Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States.
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04/07/2016

The Wave of the Future

Realizing political principles in an ever-changing world

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03/31/2016

Who Owns Myths and Legends?

In defense of artistic license

by alfiebethel06

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03/14/2016

Pundits, Moguls, Sachems, and Czars

On borrowed power and the borrowed words we use to describe it

by alfiebethel06

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02/25/2016

From Plato to Palo Alto

The case against Western Civ

by alfiebethel06

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02/11/2016

Should Taxpayers Subsidize the Arts?

by alfiebethel06

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01/29/2016

The Empire of Gore Vidal

The legacy of an American writer

by alfiebethel06

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01/13/2016

The Re-Enchantment of Poetry

Why poetry should be heard, not seen

by alfiebethel06

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12/16/2015

The Age of Identity Wars

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12/01/2015

The Best Book on American Poetry Ever

by alfiebethel06

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11/09/2015

Why I Am Not A Radical

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