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Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is professor of law and professor of history at Yale University. His most recent book is Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War.

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February 14, 2023
MagazineSamuel Moyn
Robert Kagan and Interventionism’s Big Reboot
He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.
October 13, 2021
MagazineRyan D. Doerfler, Samuel Moyn
Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Delusions
His new book refuses to recognize that the court is political.
March 9, 2021
MagazineSamuel Moyn
Why Do Americans Have So Few Rights?
How we came to rely on the courts, instead of the democratic process, for justice
October 13, 2020
MagazineRyan D. Doerfler, Samuel Moyn
Making the Supreme Court Safe for Democracy
Beyond packing schemes, we need to diminish the high court’s power.
August 4, 2020
MagazineSamuel Moyn
The Never Trumpers Have Already Won
They’re not trying to save the GOP from a demagogue. They’re infiltrating the Democratic Party.
May 7, 2019
MagazineSamuel Moyn
The Price of Meat
America’s obsession with beef was born of conquest and exploitation.
October 23, 2018
MagazineSamuel Moyn
A War Without Civilian Deaths?
What arguments for a more humane approach to war conceal
March 19, 2018
MagazineSamuel Moyn
Hype for the Best
Why does Steven Pinker insist that human life is on the up?
January 31, 2017
Samuel Moyn
Look Back in Anger
From terrorism to populism, today's sweeping unrest has its roots in brutal competition.
May 4, 2016
MagazineSamuel Moyn
You Must Remember This
Do our memorials to the dead do more harm than good?

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