Archive - PastPresentFuture

Defence Scheme No. 1

Is it back to the future for Canada and the United States?

Jan 21 • Dan Gardner

Wikipedia at 25

A few thoughts and suggestions for a wonder of the world

Jan 18 • Dan Gardner

Making 1924 Great Again

Trump's immigration policies have a familiar ring

Jan 17 • Dan Gardner

Is Elon Musk a White Supremacist?

Henry Ford was shamed and shunned. When will Musk suffer the same fate?

Jan 11 • Dan Gardner

Fascism vs. Liberal Democracy: round two

The Trump administration is openly declaring what it is.

Jan 6 • Dan Gardner

When Good Neighbors Go Bad

Trump is rolling back American policy in Latin America a hundred years. Or more.

Jan 3 • Dan Gardner

December 2025

Ranking Freedom

The Trumpists say Europe has fallen into tyranny. What do the numbers say?

Dec 28, 2025 • Dan Gardner

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Don't doubt people. Demand better leaders.

Dec 24, 2025 • Dan Gardner

Slow, incremental progress is powerful. And easy to overlook.

Dec 21, 2025 • Dan Gardner

As British as Fish and Chips

The antidote to rising ethno-nationalism? History, of course.

Dec 20, 2025 • Dan Gardner

"Whirlpools of discourse"

E.M. Forster saw it coming. In 1909.

Dec 19, 2025 • Dan Gardner

How the Republican Party is changing

A new survey plus a new National Security Strategy paint a frightening picture

Dec 7, 2025 • Dan Gardner

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