Tag: politics of the future
Right into plush #1
This is the first moodboard of the Right Into Plush series. Each board functions as a stylized visual archive, blending high fashion, editorial photography, and multi modal creative direction. The compositions explore a range of thematic influences, including African aesthetics, fashion culture, music, and contemporary design, to build a layered, interdisciplinary visual narrative.
How do schools and parents matter?
I explore the ideas of Judith Rich Harris as they apply to the roles of parents and schools in Howard County and elsewhere.
The Niskanen Center’s incomplete vision
The Niskanen Center promotes a pro-market pro-government vision for the center-right, but I think the sales pitch needs to be tweaked to get at least some conservative voters to buy it.
Seven answers: Final thoughts
I present some final post-election thoughts on the issues covered in my “Seven Answers” series.
Seven answers: LGBTQIA equality
The struggle for marriage equality provides guidance for how the longer-term campaign for LGBTQIA equality might go.
Seven answers: Gender equality
When it comes to gender equality, I don’t think there are any simple solutions, only tentative ways forward.
Seven answers: Class warfare
Is there a class war going on? Yes, but it’s also an intra-elite war with others caught in the crossfire.
Seven answers: Liberty, equality, and baseball
How America’s pastime illustrates the tensions and trade-offs between liberty and equality.
Seven answers: Racial equality
How to promote racial equality? Possible places to start: reducing crime, improving policing, and promoting voting.
If-by-socialism
“You have asked me how I feel about socialism. All right, here is how I feel about socialism.”
Seven answers: Social democracy
What is social democracy? Dynamic capitalism plus liberal democracy plus an effective social safety net.
Seven answers: Wealth inequality
Is wealth inequality corrosive for democracy, and if so what then? It’s complicated . . .
Seven answers: Introduction
Even though I’m not a candidate for office, I’m going to take a shot at answering seven questions raised by Jason Booms.
The politics of the future
I start a new series of semi-random posts on political themes for the 21st century.