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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Do Your Thing!

Rethinking “Self-Reliance”

Apr 23 • Ned O'Gorman

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Why Hungary?

National Conservatives are trying to make the United States as small as they are

Apr 16 • Ned O'Gorman

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A New Civic Web?

The Promise of Semantic AI for Cultural Knowledge

Apr 9 • Valentina

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Afroman and the Art of Shaming

Public humiliation without paternalism

Apr 2 • Ned O'Gorman

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March 2026

Power, Persuasion, and Predation

On Cesar Chavez’s crimes

Mar 19 • Ned O'Gorman

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