Series
Multi-part explorations of the ideas, systems, and forces shaping our world.
Logical Fallacies
The rhetorical tricks, reasoning errors, and manipulative argument patterns used to deceive, distort, and derail public discourse — and how to recognize them in the wild.
The Unchecked Executive
How presidential power over war, emergencies, and covert action has expanded far beyond what the Constitution's framers intended — and what Congress has done, and failed to do, about it.
The Department of Justice as Political Weapon
How the institution designed to be the nation's independent law enforcement arm — insulated from White House political direction — has been repeatedly turned against political opponents, and why the structural conditions that make it possible have never been fixed.
Oil: From the Ground to the Global Economy
How crude oil is formed, extracted, and refined — and how the decisions of a handful of countries, cartels, and commodity traders set the price of energy that underpins every modern economy.