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Articles by Michael Austin
Better Business Bureau Warns: Don't Fall for Internet Vehicle Scams
An Open Letter to My Daughter on the Eve of Her First Protest
What "Doing Something about It" Looks Like: Examples from Recent History
Ten Purely Hypothetical, Absolutely Sincere Questions about the Safety of Children
What Tocqueville Saw and Why It Matters
3 Stocks That Could Skyrocket If Marijuana is Legalized in Canada
“We’ve Always Been at War with Eastasia”: Twitter and Truth in the Age of Trump
Why a Federal Commitment to Education Matters
"Napoleon Is Always Right": Trump, Truth, and the Origins of Totalitarianism
Here Is Why People Are Freaking Out about Trump’s Travel Ban when Obama Did (sort of) the Same Thing
The Smoke Detector Principle; or, Why Freaking Out about a Muslim Registry is Good for Democracy
The Three Kinds of People Who Should Be Outraged by Steve Bannon
Five Reasons to Reject the "Biden Rule” Argument Against Merrick Garland
The “Let the People Have a Voice” Fallacy in Supreme Court Nominations
Is Hillary Inevitable Again?
You Say You Want a Re-Alignment? Four Models for America's Political Future
Let's Make America "Pretty Good" Again
Recess Is Over; It's Time to Pick a President
The Hillary Advantage: All the Shoes Have Dropped
Playing the “Socialist Card” in a Mixed Economy
3 Scenarios for the Coming Supreme Court Chess Match
My Dear Liberal Friends: Trump Shaming Isn’t Working, So Stop It
Politicizing the Tragedy
Standing Up for Secularism
Two Myths of "Muslim Violence"
Bible, Koran, or Bhagavad Gita: Match The Quote with the Sacred Text
Satire and Mockery in a Free Society
How to Win a War of Ideas
Let’s Not Give Terrorists the Holy War They Want
“The Actual Vision”: A Poet’s Wish for the Day After Christmas
"The Height to Be Superb Humanity": A Poet's Christmas Greeting to a New Democracy
Only Obama Can Go to Cuba
How to Lose a War on Terror
Do Terrorists Have Due Process Rights?
Torture Is Wrong: Once You Accept this, Most of the Talking Points Don’t Matter
The Worst Hyperbole EVER!!!! Crisis, Rhetoric, and the Problems of Democracy
Legislate, Litigate, or Get off of the Lawn
Why Is Obama Talking about Net Neutrality?
The Latte Salute and the Perpetual Problem of Confirmation Bias
Fundamentalism and Shigalyovism in the Age of ISIL
Is ISIL "Islamic"?
No Island Is an Island: Why I Hope that Scotland Stays in the United Kingdom
“You Had One Job, Kris Kobach. . . .” Partisan Politics vs Public Service in the Sunflower State
ISIS Is Not “Inhuman Evil”; It Is Human Evil—and that’s Much Worse
"Finally, the Truth!" A Few Uncertain thoughts on Certainty
A Killing in Ferguson: Why What Doesn’t Matter Matters So Much
“We the People” vs “They the Not People”
How Conservatives Killed Robin Williams
Stuck Inside the Beltway with Impeachment Blues Again
Political Dysfunction and American Diplomacy: It’s Time to Start Voting on Nominees Again
