
James Poulos
James Poulos is a contributing editor at National Affairs and the author of The Art of Being Free, out January 17 from St. Martin's Press. He has written on freedom and the politics of the future for publications ranging from The Federalist to Foreign Policy and from Good to Vice. He fronts the band Night Years in Los Angeles, where he lives with his son.
Latest articles by James Poulos
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Are small, private online courses the future of higher education in America?feature With the traditional university system stuck in the past, those interested in a real education may have to go elsewhere
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Why Twitter is terribleopinion Blame an age-old idea known as "comprehensive doctrines"
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Why Americans secretly love a gladiatorial blowhard like Donald Trumpopinion Admit it. You're glad Donald Trump is running for president.
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What Libya taught Europe about playing with fireopinion You'll get burned — again and again
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What Republicans keep getting wrong about the Iraq Waropinion It's easy to say now that the war was misguided. But it's harder to diagnose the real problem.
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Hey, Americans: Move out of Americaopinion It's time to start emigrating
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Is Europe ready to revolt against its small-minded, neoliberal bureaucracy?opinion It sure seems like it
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Rand Paul is eager to pick a fight with the hawks. And he's winning.opinion He's making them look very naive
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Why Americans secretly love the idea of imperialist empiresopinion How else are we supposed to free the world and destroy evil?
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Silicon Valley could save the world from climate change. But we don't want them to.opinion We're afraid of empowering them
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What America can learn from Europe's confused quest for shared valuesopinion Rights and values are not the same thing...
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Why do Americans love conspiracy theories? Blame the government!opinion If the government weren't so opaque and incompetent, we wouldn't be in this mess
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The end of cash?The Explainer This may be the greatest trick the big banks ever pulled
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You can't ban corruption. Stop trying.
opinion It's as American as apple pie
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Greece, Ukraine, and Europe's existential crisisopinion The continent should ask itself, "What would Napoleon do?"
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The Pentagon and Silicon Valley should team up to colonize outer spacefeature From The Idea Factory, our special report on innovation
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Too fast, too furious: How the TPP allowed economics to trump politicsopinion At its heart, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and deals like it are skeptical of democratic debate
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A foreign policy election? Careful what you wish foropinion Let's force a choice between Republicans and Democrats
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Cuba's creepy future: Beijing meets Dubai meets Coachellaopinion Don't expect a happy ending
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Europe's shocking and unsettling future: White prideopinion It's scary to think about. But it's happening.
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Hillary Clinton and the left's New Isolationismopinion Don't expect Hillary to run as a hawk
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The Western dream of democracy promotion is back. It's a trap!opinion Be honest: This never ends well
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A U.S.-China war is unthinkable. It also may be inevitable.opinion And it may be coming sooner than any of us think
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The divisive danger of the Iran nuclear dealopinion This is a debate over two rival visions of American exceptionalism
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