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by Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer
Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer - senior government lawyers from opposite political camps and administrations - dissect presidential power as it is being exercised: inspectors general, taxpayer-funded propaganda, election administration, emergency authority. Commentary on executive power that is neither cheerleading nor panic.
March 16, 2026
Sean Carroll's Mindscape episode on surveillance, Gwern's writing process revealed, and Martha Nussbaum on why fear is toxic to democracy.
July 20, 2026
Dynomight on the coming end of pseudonymity, Brian Potter scores 239 laws against their promises, and a Sears-catalog rewrite of American growth.
February 16, 2026
An EconTalk episode on America's WWII production miracle, Gwern's scaling hypothesis revisited, and Scott Alexander introduces the AI 2027 scenario.
