By Andrew Dobbs Brexit represents a watershed political crisis for the imperialist center. The United Kingdom — the world’s fourth largest economy and one of the key political and cultural leaders of global capitalism — has now committed itself to delivering a series of mutually exclusive outcomes to their public…

By Andrew Dobbs So the elections have come and gone. We now have about half the country sure that a new day is dawning and hope is born anew, and half the country sure that we are doomed to a thousand years of darkness. …

By Andrew Dobbs Our political system is designed to channel mass frustration into rituals designed by the very folks that pissed us off in the first place. These rituals allow us to play at threatening them — which feels rewarding — without putting them at any risk whatsoever. A growing…

By Andrew Dobbs (Today I had a book review of the new book The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark by John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski published by War is Boring. David Axe is a very good editor and reined in my excesses on this one, but I felt like the fat he…

By Andrew Dobbs (If you appreciate original analysis, please contribute to my work on Patreon). US politics is experiencing the final consolidation of a major realignment. On one side are the Nationalists, dominant now in the Republican Party. …

By Andrew Dobbs (Do you enjoy original, independent commentary on politics in Austin and beyond? Help me do more by supporting me on Patreon!) The three biggest controversies facing the Austin City Council today are really just one problem our leaders have found three different ways to repeat. Code NEXT…

By Andrew Dobbs Housing policy is one of those things I’ve been quietly obsessed with for years, inspired mostly by my own fears that I won’t be able to afford to live in the city I love — Austin, Texas — much longer. …

It adds up to Gentrification By Andrew Dobbs (Appreciate this kind of analysis? I need your help to make more. Support me on Patreon and help promote contrarian thinking in Texas and beyond!) There are few facts as valuable for understanding housing markets and gentrification as knowing how to value…

By Andrew Dobbs I wrote the first part of this as a Twitter thread following Tuesday’s primary runoff results. I had to cut some of this up to make room on the thread, so here’s the full draft plus an additional section delving more into the practical consequences of this…