# Corey Robin Author of The Reactionary Mind, The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, and Fear: The History of a Political Idea Page: Feed: --- ## [Large Language Mommies](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/large-language-mommies) _2026-08-28 · Corey Robin_ On the psychoanalytic dreamscape of AI ## [On plagiarism](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/on-plagiarism) _2026-08-11 · Corey Robin_ What do the Jewish tradition and antisemitism have to tell us about this scourge? ## [The way we weren't](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/the-way-we-werent) _2026-08-10 · Corey Robin_ What Iowa looks like to an Upper East Side Jew ## [Who first formulated the wages of whiteness thesis?](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/who-first-formulated-the-wages-of) _2026-08-06 · Corey Robin_ The theory has a long lineage, but where and when did it first arise? ## [Whose words should make American Jews feel safer? Joseph Biden's or Abdul El-Sayed's?](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/whose-words-should-make-american) _2026-08-05 · Corey Robin_ What makes American Jews safe? ## [Team Nietzsche, come and get your Heine](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/team-nietzsche-come-and-get-your) _2026-07-30 · Corey Robin_ It was Heine all along ## [Ravel's Boléro, from Bo Derek to Fascinating Fascism](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/ravels-bolero-from-bo-derek-to-fascinating) _2026-07-24 · Corey Robin_ How a ballet—and a film—can change how you hear a piece of music forever ## [The Icky and the Sticky](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/the-icky-and-the-sticky) _2026-07-15 · Corey Robin_ On the occasion of the death of Lindsey Graham ## [Birthright Citizenship, from Clarence Thomas to Israel](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/birthright-citizenship-from-clarence) _2026-07-01 · Corey Robin_ What happens when we read yesterday's Supreme Court opinion on birthright citizenship through the lens of Israel and Palestine? ## [How to read the Supreme Court: It’s the neoliberalism, baby, except for Ketanji Brown Jackson](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/how-to-read-the-supreme-court-its) _2026-06-30 · Corey Robin_ What a look-see at the Court's various opinions over the course of the year reveal about what it's about and where we are ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NVezCyx9xucT) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [What if democratic socialism replaces liberalism as the grammar of American political culture?](https://coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/what-if-democratic-socialism-replaces) _2026-06-29 · Corey Robin_ When an ideology takes on a life of its own