Charlie McGill

Thoughts on American politics and culture, with an emphasis on how we can make something new. Always independent, always creative.

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Democrats Don’t Understand Why People Watch Hasan Piker

Piker-Gate Reveals Democratic Centrism’s Obsolete Relationship to the Media and Democracy

Jun 16 • Charlie McGill

The Objective is the Objective

Why Are We at War With Iran?

May 14 • Charlie McGill

The End of Good Choices

No Other Choice, Christopher Lasch, and How the Next Moral Majority May Be Anti-Capitalist

Mar 20 • Charlie McGill

Why Gavin Newsom is Winning

In the first year of the Trump 2.0, the California governor has broken the shackles of the Democratic establishment past and embraced a politics of…

Jan 8 • Charlie McGill

AI, The Liberal Arts, and the Future of Political Leadership

AI is now embedded in higher education. What happens when today's students become tomorrow's political leaders?

Dec 6, 2025 • Charlie McGill

A New Democratic Party Begins With A New Morality

How Graham Platner, Zohran Mamdani, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez illustrate a new moral framework of politics.

Oct 2, 2025 • Charlie McGill

Luigi Mangione, American Conservatism, and the Left’s Electability

What the UnitedHealthcare shooting reveals about a conservative impulse in American politics and the future of leftist politics.

Aug 5, 2025 • Charlie McGill

The Centrist Myth of Electability

The establishment does not understand what makes a candidate electable in this political moment. Now, the left has an opportunity.

Jul 9, 2025 • Charlie McGill

Donald Trump Won Young Voters. Now What?

Trump was so dominant with young men that he flipped the entire 18-29 year-old demographic. How did this happen, and how can the left respond?

Apr 25, 2025 • Charlie McGill

America's Wild West of Weed

Recreational weed is legal nationwide, but simultaneously illegal in 26 states? Our system is broken.

Mar 2, 2025 • Charlie McGill