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		<title>federal spending and employment after a year of Trump</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is common advice-and wise&#8211;to specify your own assumptions about the world, find data to test them, and update as necessary. Thus, as we move through the second year of the second Trump administration, it&#8217;s worth noticing what you assume about recent trends and then checking those assumptions. You might think that Donald Trump has [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35587">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>love of the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[civic theory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just completed one of my favorite teaching experiences ever, a semester of reading Hannah Arendt with about 20 students who were deeply committed to understanding her, debating her ideas critically, and living up to her expectations for integrity and rigor. On the first day, we watched a portion of her 1964 interview on [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35566">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Own Heart Let Me Have More Pity On</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last of Gerard Manley Hopkins&#8217; &#8220;terrible sonnets&#8221; (terrible in the sense that they seem to describe deep depression): My own heart let me more have pity on; letMe live to my sad self hereafter kind,Charitable; not live this tormented mindWith this tormented mind tormenting yet. I cast for comfort I can no [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35569">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>the Gulf War and the energy transition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether the current war in the Persian Gulf will push the world away from carbon depends on many factors, including the trajectory of the war and the policy responses of many countries. David Wallace-Wells offers a roundup of recent news, which generally paints an optimistic picture about the rapid recent shift to renewables. I&#8217;d also [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35494">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>reforming the parties, and especially the Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We should change the functions of the US political parties. This is a different topic from the important&#8211;but permanent&#8211;debate about what each party should stand for. As far as I know, every accountable legislative body in the world is organized into parties, which means that parties play an essential role in governance. Our two-party system [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35532">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Skepticism in Kyiv and Nablus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new piece by me in Public Seminar: &#8220;Teaching Skepticism in Kyiv and Nablus.&#8221; It&#8217;s partly autobiographical (discussing my visits to Ukraine and the West Bank in 2025) and partly philosophical. I argue that skepticism supports compassion and commitment, when they might seem opposed. It begins: In 2025, I gave lectures and classes [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35526">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>postdoc in Civic Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civic Studies Program at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, in partnership with the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE), seeks to host a Postdoctoral Fellow. Please see this announcement for details. This postdoc&#8217;s research and teaching will focus on one of two broad areas: The Postdoctoral [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35524">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Institute of Civic Studies in Dayton</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35512</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kettering Foundation will host a Summer Institute of Civic Studies at the Foundation&#8217;s Dayton, OH campus from Sunday, August 2 to Saturday, August 8, 2026. This will be an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to learn and connect with each other and with collaborators and partners in Dayton. I will be present and part [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35512">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A System-Analysis of Democracy’s Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly published: Peter Levine, &#8220;A System-Analysis of Democracy&#8217;s Crisis,&#8221; in Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (2026), https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-433720260000091003 Abstract: Democracy is in crisis. Evidence supports at least 16 explanations, many of which are linked in complex ways. Some of these explanations are likely to appeal more to the political left, center, or right. Instead of [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35514">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>postdoc opportunity in Civic AI</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35506</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civic Studies program at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University, in partnership with the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE), seek to host a Postdoctoral Fellow whose research and teaching will focus on using artificial intelligence (AI) to help colleges and [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35506">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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