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Cutting Trees to “Create Water”: When Political Folklore Masquerades as Hydrology

By Matt Stone There is a recurring confidence in American politics that treats ecosystems like plumbing diagrams. It assumes nature can be optimized with a chainsaw and a talking point. Recently, a nominee for leadership over federal public lands, Steve Pearce, suggested that removing trees would increase water supply in

A STENCH IN WASHINGTON

There is a smell in Washington that no amount of disinfectant can kill. It is the odor of permanent power. It smells like cologne poured over panic, like old money stuffed into new suits, like sweat drying under television lights while men grin into cameras and swear they are saving

The Republic of Untouchables

You cannot export democracy while practicing discretion for the elite. "You cannot demand anti-corruption abroad while tolerating opacity at home. And you cannot claim to be the indispensable nation while refusing to hold indispensable people accountable."

American Diatribe

Written by Matt Stone They call America an “experiment,” tossing around Lincoln’s highfalutin rhetoric like confetti at some Fourth of July circus, but let’s get real: it wasn’t a brand-new idea cooked up in a lab. Republics, constitutions, democracies—these were old tricks dusted off for a