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The top lesson I learned as a Discourse editor? Ideas matter, but people matter more
 • Jennifer Tiedemann
The Death (and Rebirth?) of the Ideas Business
The decline of the magazine has impoverished our ability to think about our world
 • Robert Tracinski
Discourse and Me
I did some of my best work for Discourse, and I had a hell of a good time doing it
 • Martin Gurri
Yours Thankfully
As this chapter of Discourse magazine, and of my life, comes to a close, it all boils down to gratitude
 • Christina Behe
All Good Things…
In his final Editor’s Corner, David Masci says goodbye to a five-year love affair
 • David Masci
Lies in the Land of Confusion
Should there be legal consequences for telling falsehoods? The Supreme Court has created a complicated, murky landscape
 • Nathan Goetting
Command of the Seafloor Is the New Naval Challenge
Acts of sabotage against undersea infrastructure are becoming more frequent and costly
 • Michael Puttré
Finding Freedom in “Walden”
180 years after Henry David Thoreau moved to Walden Pond, we can learn a lot from his ideals, even when he didn’t live them out perfectly
 • Bryan Gentry
The Left’s Sudden About-Face on Portable Benefits for Contractors
On the question of independent contractor protection, a once-promising road of bipartisanship faces the wrecking ball of politics as usual
 • C. Jarrett Dieterle
When Earth Is No Longer Everything
In the space economy, the geocentric economic model could give way to a heliocentric future
 • Michael Puttré
Hidden Threads: The Spaces in Between
To truly understand the natural world, we must include the negative spaces we have so often overlooked
Iran Should Abolish Its Nuclear Program
The country is likely to be more secure without one
 • John Mueller
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