Daily Archives: September 18, 2016

Larry Summers’ Radical Idea

Larry Summers’ “How to embrace nationalism responsibly” op-ed, cited in my previous post, contains the following elemental axiom: A new approach has to begin from the idea that the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the welfare of citizens, … Continue reading

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Michael Lind on ‘Liberaltarianism’

In National Review, of all places, Michael Lind has good piece on “The Open-Borders ‘Liberaltarianism’ of the New Urban Elite”: Brexit, Trump, the rise of national populism in the United States and Europe, and the crack-up of the old center-left … Continue reading

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General Election Rule #1

As the events of this weekend attest to, there is nothing that can happen (in the world) between now and November 7th that benefits Hillary. In other words, can you think of anything likely to happen in the world between … Continue reading

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Kristof: Muslim ‘Refugees’ = Jewish Refugees of WW2

One of the NYT’s more effeminate columnists (bested, perhaps, only by Frank Bruni and Charles Blow) is Nicholas Kristof. His latest column in “Would You Hide a Jew From the Nazis?” Take a wild guess if Trump is referenced. Sigh. … Continue reading

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