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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Conservatives Could Be Doing Public Universities a Great Service

But will liberal administrators take heed?

Mar 12 • Ned O'Gorman

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Anarchy From Above

Why is the United States at war with Iran?

Mar 5 • Ned O'Gorman

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February 2026

A Note on Iran

America's first neo-royal war

Feb 28 • Ned O'Gorman

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Politics without Enemies

A dispatch from the state of Mississippi

Feb 26 • Ned O'Gorman

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You Say You Want a Revolution?

How about the long road of reform instead?

Feb 19 • Ned O'Gorman

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The Rot at the Top

A letter to Q about the Epstein revelations

Feb 12 • Ned O'Gorman

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Democracy is a Security Plan

And authoritarianism is a danger plan

Feb 5 • Ned O'Gorman

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January 2026

Picture Reality

When fantasy is a political weapon, reality is resistance

Jan 29 • Ned O'Gorman

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America’s Good Culture War

Reflecting on a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 19 • Ned O'Gorman

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