Book Review Part 1: The Fourth Turning Is Here
Introduction| albrtsblog.substack.com
A review of Musa al Gharbi's "We Have Never Been Woke: the cultural contradictions of a new elite"| albrt’s blog
A short-ish update on politics as I struggle to finish the more substantive posts I've been working on for months| albrt’s blog
Just a very brief update, and a word of thanks to the new subscribers from last week’s post.| albrt’s blog
Figuring out what it would look like if Trump were really trying for a long-term political realignment| albrt’s blog
The myth of the swing voter is not the biggest reason the Democratic party collapsed in 2024, but the viability of a swing voter strategy will probably continue to decrease.| albrt’s blog
Maybe the crisis is that the United States is incapable of responding constructively to a crisis.| albrt’s blog
Perhaps I should have expected the Harris campaign to turn itself into the attack of the unlikable status quo zombies.| albrt’s blog
A follow up to my review of Turchin's End Times| albrt’s blog
Peter Turchin’s End Times: Elites Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration (Penguin Press 2023)| albrt’s blog
I’ve discovered that doing one substantive post per week is not viable based on my current work schedule, and on the amount of material I usually want to cover once I get started on a topic.| albrt’s blog
Largely a tribute to Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022)| albrt’s blog
In which the author gets a little defensive and decides to talk it over| albrt’s blog
Identity is about sustainability, not uniqueness.| albrt’s blog
Believe it or not, the concept of identity has not gotten enough attention in recent years.| albrt’s blog
After wrestling with Neil Howe’s book The Fourth Turning Is Here for more than a month (first post here) I’m going to take a break to deal with some family matters.| albrtsblog.substack.com
My personal Substack. Click to read albrt’s blog, a Substack publication.| albrtsblog.substack.com
An update on whether Trump is really trying for a long-term political realignment| albrtsblog.substack.com
