Dispatch from the San Juans

Why you should pay attention to Glenn Greenwald

Analytical frameworks for empirical analysis are more useful than a list of 'facts'

Jun 5, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

A Half-Century after Allende, Chile is at a consequential inflection point

A profound renegotiation of the social contract

Jun 5, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

May 2021

El Camino para Nicaragua, Part I: The Arc of History

Any analysis of this November's elections must acknowledge the unique path that produced the current autocratic stasis

May 31, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

Projects in the Pipeline

Populist Paradox: Fiscal Policy and the Breakdown of Left/Right Dichotomies in Brazil and Mexico

May 25, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

Why does Israel target media outlets in Gaza?

Surely an honest actor like Benjamin Netanyahu has good reason for doing so!

May 17, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

April 2021

The Real Stolen Election

Trump's myth about 2020 was preceded by Democratic actions in 2016

Apr 16, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

Sabotage from Abroad? The Economic Impact of US Interference in Chile, 1970-73

How much was Salvador Allende to blame for the socioeconomic collapse that precipitated his downfall?

Apr 13, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

March 2021

Political Lessons from GME

A novice retail trader learns about misinformation the hard way

Mar 31, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

Coronavirus, Public Transit, and the Final Democratic Debate

One year ago, COVID-19 revealed Biden's conservatism in the starkest terms yet

Mar 17, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

A Brief Appraisal of Trump’s Foreign Policy

Competence matters, and it was sorely lacking from the previous administration

Mar 12, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

Liberalism and The Left

Progressives abandon liberalism—and one of their own—in a time of crisis

Mar 10, 2021 • 

E. James Walther

February 2021

Socially Distant

La muerte de la salud mental, la vida social, y el análisis coste-beneficio durante una crisis transformativa

Feb 25, 2021 • 

E. James Walther