- Three Degrees of Extremism: How Adjacency is Manufactured and Used in American PoliticsWhile researching chapter four of my dissertation, “Partisans of the Old Republic,” I stumbled upon a speech given by Representative Ronald Brooks Cameron (D-CA), entitled Who is Doing the Devil’s Work in American Politics?” on 20 May 1963. In his address, Cameron he lambasted the John Birch Society …
- When “Isolationism” Won: The Other World War and the Ascent of DissentThe following is a chapter that I was forced to cut from my dissertation projection, “Partisans of the Old Republic: Rightwing Opposition to U.S. Foreign Policy.” Writing long-form pieces like a dissertation can force one to make painful editorial decisions. Due to demands on my time and brevity, …
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- New Op-ed: “Feeling manipulated? How Uncle Sam perfected the information state.”A special thanks to Kelley Vlahos and Responible Statecraft for publishing my latest. The piece places the Twitter Files revelations and greater concerns about government-big tech collusion within the historical context of the American information state. The article illustrates that the U.S. government has a long history of …
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