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Author: Michael Lind

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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04/17/2017

Which American Dream?

A clash of visions

by Michael Lind

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03/20/2017

The Fantasy Worlds of Politics

On the false Utopias of leftists and libertarians

by Michael Lind

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02/06/2017

Attack of the Partisan Zombies

What can save us from mindless partisanship?

by Michael Lind

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01/12/2017

Originality Versus the Arts

The impact of German Romantics on the artist

by Michael Lind

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11/11/2016

DONALD TRUMP, REGICIDE

Trump has toppled two American Dynasties

by Michael Lind

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10/27/2016

Can Electoral Reform Save America?

As Maine goes, so goes the nation (if we’re lucky).

by Michael Lind

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10/17/2016

The Future of the Future

How science fiction fails us

by Michael Lind

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09/30/2016

What Politics Is(n’t)

In defense of what politics is and is not.

by Michael Lind

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09/20/2016

What is Education for? Part II

A response to Kevin Mattson

by Michael Lind

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09/02/2016

What is Education for?

Forget the three R’s. We need the four I’s.

by Michael Lind

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