The Holy Roman United States
By Chris Kremidas-Courtney There is a persistent temptation in American commentary to reach for Rome. It implies grandeur, civilizational greatness,…
Without Solidarity, Freedom Fails
Chris Kremidas-Courtney We Americans like to tell ourselves a comforting story; that our deepest political value is freedom. Freedom of…
Minnesota Is Conducting a Domestic Peacekeeping Operation
When a US state deploys its National Guard to protect civilians from federal agents, something in the American system has…
“If” Europe Is to Endure
A charge for Europe inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “If—” Chris Kremidas-Courtney If you can keep your nerve when an aggressive…
Europe’s AI rules are missing a quiet revolution in political influence
Conversational AI is reshaping political influence faster than Europe’s AI rules can respond Chris Kremidas-Courtney For years, warnings about artificial…
2026: Let’s Choose What Comes Next
As we step into 2026, our most important work won’t be in predicting what comes next but in choosing how…
How the Language of Equality Was Turned Against Democracy
By Chris Kremidas-Courtney. A previous essay here on Our Kindred Future titled “When America’s Far Right Speaks Through Europe’s Center”…
How Mid-1990s Sports Reshaped American Culture and Politics
Chris Kremidas-Courtney America has always told its story through sports. For much of the twentieth century, baseball was the central…
Europe’s Neurotech Moment: A Test of Cognitive Rights
As neurotechnology enters mainstream consumer markets, Europe faces a critical policy decision: protect brain data now, or risk surrendering cognitive…
When America’s Far Right Speaks Through Europe’s Center
Chris Kremidas-Courtney Frequently people in Brussels will sigh and say something like, “I’m tired of all this woke nonsense.” They…