Allies and Adversaries in Current Conversation

The Commons

Appearance here does not signal endorsement, only a part in the debate.

Union Square, New York City, in autumn. An elevated view of the south plaza shows people moving across the wave-patterned paving, vendors displaying artwork along the edges, the Lincoln statue at center, and the W Union Square building rising behind. — Union Square, New York City. Photo by Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Missing Question

On the Democratic Party’s factions and what none of them are asking
The Call to the Commons

A field guide to the tradition — the long argument, in eight movements
Whose AI? Whose Abundance?

A field guide to the debate — the players and the contested fields.
OpenAI’s Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age

Reading the April 2026 policy paper alongside the lobbying record — ownership rhetoric, enclosure practice
Three Fronts

Autonomy within autonomy — Mujeres Libres, Rojava, and what serious revolution requires
The American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act

A Field Guide entry — the Sanders bill, the dividend, and the difference between being paid from a share and holding one
Enough and As Good

Locke, Jefferson, and the Anti-Federalists as allies in the ownership argument
Three Fences New

Three short stories of enclosure — England 1740, Alabama 1962, Phoenix 2024