Just Democracy Series
The Sword Behind the Ballot: The Second Condition of a Just Democracy
Judge a democracy by what its armed forces hold that no election can take back. Then watch which way the list moves.
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The Collection
All Essays.
Every essay published on InshaYalla, arranged newest first.
Faith
The Corruption Within: How Fundamentalism Hijacked Islam
Islam once had rules about who could interpret its scripture. Fundamentalism is what happens when nobody enforces them.
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Just Democracy Series
When Law and Power Collide: The First Condition of a Just Democracy
Pakistan, the United States, and South Korea have each been measured against the same test. Only one of them passed.
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Current Events
The Alliance Is Not Absolution: What Canada Owes the World Beyond Its Borders
Canada tells itself a story about being the reasonable neighbour. Its defense industrial ties tell a different one.
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Ideology
The Liberal Contradiction: When Good Intentions Aren't Enough
Mill and Rawls built the case for liberalism. The movement that inherited it has spent a generation undermining its own foundations.
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Ideology
The Conservative Lie: How the Right Abandoned Its Own Theory
Conservatism was once a serious argument about the value of institutions. What calls itself conservative today is its opposite.
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Just Democracy Series
Just Democracy: A New Framework for Governance
Democracy is not self-legitimating. Borrowing from just war theory, a framework for what legitimate governance actually requires.
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