The Upheaval

Important Announcements

I’m going in, this Substack's going on ice, and a book is coming

Jun 14, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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NYT Essay, My Name

I have an opinion essay out in the New York Times today, in which I try to gently explain to the Times’ liberal readers what the managerial regime is…

Jun 6, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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May 2025

"Managerial Bureaucracy’s Threat to Democracy and Humanity"

Transcript of remarks delivered to the 2025 Civitas Canada Conference, Ottawa, May 3, 2025

May 8, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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March 2025

Love of a Nation

Our leadership classes’ lack of love for their own people is dissolving our societies

Mar 13, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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Vance’s Real Message to Europe: Give Up the Information War and GTFO

America’s struggle with the deep state is a transnational conflict in which Britain and Europe have fought as willing proxies. This will no longer be…

Mar 4, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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February 2025

American Strong Gods

Trump and the end of the Long Twentieth Century

Feb 13, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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January 2025

Taiwan: Trump’s Most Dangerous Global Challenge

It’s still before dawn when hundreds of Chinese missiles begin to rain down on Taiwan, striking airfields, radar arrays, anti-aircraft batteries, and…

Jan 20, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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Colonization, Replaceable Man, and Love of One’s Own

Remarks to ISI’s American Politics and Government Summit (November 2024)

Jan 11, 2025 • N.S. Lyons

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December 2024

The Counter-Revolution Begins

7 principles for the Trump revolution if it wants to win bigly

Dec 12, 2024 • N.S. Lyons

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November 2024

Machine Antihumanism and the Inversion of Family Law

An essay by Jeff Shafer

Nov 4, 2024 • N.S. Lyons

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Announcements – November 2024

A few miscellaneous announcements for readers

Nov 2, 2024 • N.S. Lyons

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October 2024

The Post-Cold War Apotheosis of Liberal Managerialism

A response to Nathan Pinkoski

Oct 23, 2024 • N.S. Lyons

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