The Resilience of the American Experiment

Samuel Moyn on how we should not be timid as we perfect our democracy.

Happy Fourth of July, dear Crowd!

I was going to write something brief about American exceptionalism to commemorate the holiday. I said I’d do it right after Samuel Kimbriel and I finished recording an episode of the podcast with the great Samuel Moyn. But as we were wrapping up, the conversation took an unexpected turn to a nugget I’d like to share with you in lieu of an essay.

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