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Martin Gurri
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst and author of The Revolt of the Public. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Mercatus Center; his essays have appeared in Discourse, City Journal, and UnHerd, among other publications.
One Immigrant Boy’s Journey from Cuba to the CIA
How did a clueless boy from Havana end up in the most exclusive club in the country? I answered an ad in the newspaper.
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What Both Sides Get Wrong About Immigration
The LA riots prove we’re missing the point.
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Will You Be a Dancing Monkey in the Age of AI?
The big AI question is not whether it will make us feel stupid. It is whether it will make us more competent in managing the lunatic carnival that is…
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Martin Gurri: When Americans Gave Up Their Freedoms
Five years ago, it was decided: a pandemic was to be solved by brute force and propaganda. There was no revolt. And the free world will never be the…
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Martin Gurri: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?
In a world of eunuchs, buffoons, and beasts, we need new heroes.
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Martin Gurri: The Great American Debate Begins Again
Trump’s policies matter. But it is the restoration of speech—unencumbered and unafraid—that is most important of all.
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Martin Gurri: Trump Has a Mandate to Lead. What Comes Next?
During his first term of office, Trump’s energies were concentrated on negation. This time around, all thoughts are turned to action.
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Martin Gurri: Our Countercultural Revolution
Trump has become the definitive avatar of the revolt of the public. Will he be enough to satisfy Americans’ hunger for change?
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Martin Gurri: Cuba Enters the Dark Ages
It isn’t just the power grid that’s failing. The entire infrastructure of the country—its entire Communist system—is crumbling to dust.
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The World According to Kamala Harris
Our vice president’s foreign policy is a fogbound, incomprehensible place. Any action, any step forward, may lead to danger—or worse, political failure.
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Martin Gurri: I Refused to Vote in the Last Two Elections. Now, I’m Voting for Trump.
There are only two vital forces in American politics today: those who wish to control everything, and those who wish not to be controlled. I choose the…
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Martin Gurri: Mistaking Politics for Religion
What are we to do with those who seek redemption from an institution explicitly designed not to provide it?
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