Martin Gurri

Martin Gurri is author of "The Revolt of the Public," a former CIA analyst, and presently a visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University.

We're in a post-truth world now. So, how can we escape the mass delusions?

OPINION June 22

We're in a post-truth world now. So, how can we escape the mass delusions?

Truth isn’t the sum of many facts: It works the other way around. We erect frameworks of understanding which the facts must fit into or modify.

In Cuba, the terminal stage of communism is a mafia

OPINION March 30

In Cuba, the terminal stage of communism is a mafia

The wreckage of the Cuban economy really can’t be exaggerated. The perpetual blackouts are an apt symbol of a country that is headed for the dark ages.

Biden’s 2024 advantage: An alliance of elites rigging the game

OPINION March 6

Biden’s 2024 advantage: An alliance of elites rigging the game

By a strange process of transformation, Joe Biden has become Jimmy Carter.