Today’s Solutions: February 03, 2026

About 8 p.m. on Election Day, I got an email from my editor in Australia letting me know the press had received the first copies of my new book, The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men. “Books look good! Not so sure about election,” she wrote, reflecting the interest in—and fear about—our presidential contest around the world. Within hours, the power of patriarchy was on display like few expected. Within hours, the power of…

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