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According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal... See more
I was joined by @PeterBeinart to talk about his new book "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza” and why he went from strong supporter of Israel to staunch critic. https://t.co/GY8VoLuzPU
Fareed Zakariax.comideas argue that racist policies are the cause
Ibram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
So when their chosen heroes — the freedom fighters in whom they invested so much moral cachet — showed up at a concert and started beheading raver kids and Asian workers and abducting grandmas and God knows what else, what were Western leftists supposed to do? In situations like that there are really only two things you can do, without switching... See more
Noah Smith • Western Leftists Have Lost the Plot
Jean-Paul Sartre and the Problem of Being “Progressive Except for Palestine”
Ruqaiyah Zarookcurrentaffairs.org
According to a longtime friend, Charlie Kirk refused a funding offer from Bibi Netanyahu in his final days, having come to see him as a “bully” who sought to drag America into foreign entanglements.
When Kirk personally cautioned President Trump against striking Iran, Trump “barked at him” and shut down the... See more