Is Democracy Worth Saving?

The moral case for democracy (Part 1)

16 hrs ago • Ned O'Gorman

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September 2026

Looking the Ugly American in the Face

A corrective to the new liberal piety

Sep 24 • Ned O'Gorman

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What’s a Republic Supposed to Do with Fear?

Why I am joining the ranks of the anti-AI populists

Sep 17 • Ned O'Gorman

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We Have Lost the Plot Lines

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the United States no longer has a story

Sep 11 • Ned O'Gorman

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Can I Persuade You that Persuasion is a *Really* Good Thing?

Why does persuasion have such a bad rap?

Sep 3 • Ned O'Gorman

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August 2026

Decline, decline, decline, Wait!

What my return to competitive cycling has taught me about the state of our civic society

Aug 20 • Ned O'Gorman

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June 2026

Rethinking Citizenship

A Juneteenth Meditation on the Democratic Power of the Dominated

Jun 19 • Joseph Ofori Acheampong

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At Work in the Fields of the Civic

A look back at Civic Fields so far this year

Jun 4 • Ned O'Gorman

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May 2026

There is no Body Politic in Trump’s America

Just the Body Natural

May 20 • Ned O'Gorman

Captocracy

The platforms that rule us

May 14 • Ned O'Gorman

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Arendt’s Law

A link between corruption and social violence?

May 7 • Ned O'Gorman

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April 2026

Violence is Not Power

Hannah Arendt on the vital difference between violence and power

Apr 30 • Ned O'Gorman

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