Samuel J. Abrams

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  • Jan 20, 2026
    For more than two decades, my research has pointed to a basic but often misunderstood reality of American public life: The culture war is not being driven by a radicalized...
  • Jan 10, 2026
    There was a line in Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural address that should have stopped New Yorkers cold. He pledged to replace what he called “the frigidity of rugged...
  • Jan 8, 2026
    From time to time, a familiar prescription reappears in American public life: restore shame. If we could re-stigmatize bad behavior – name it, expose it, impose moral costs...
  • Jan 6, 2026
    There was a line in Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural address that should have stopped New Yorkers cold. He pledged to replace what he called “the frigidity of rugged...