Author Archives: Luke Ford

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).

Does Mike Walz know Jeffrey Goldberg?

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Luke Ford

Grok says: There’s no definitive evidence to confirm whether Mike Waltz, Trump’s National Security Adviser, personally knows Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. The question stems from a March 2025 incident where Waltz inadvertently added Goldberg to a Signal group … Continue reading →

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How Can The Right Take Back Institutions

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Luke Ford

Aaron Renn writes Feb. 13: Conservatives can’t use the long march strategy because the left isn’t dumb enough to let them penetrate institutions. Instead, conservatives need to do the equivalent of a private equity buyout and restructure institutions from the … Continue reading →

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NYT: ‘Law firms are sometimes aligned with a political party.’

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Luke Ford

This strikes me as a disingenuous frame. Big Law is overwhelmingly on the side of the Democrats. The New York Times story has six bylines: At Paul Weiss, Panic, Poachers and a Fight for the Bottom Line Fears that competitors … Continue reading →

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Is America about to bomb Iran?

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Luke Ford

I notice this story trending on X: The United States has significantly increased its military presence at the Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean by deploying seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers along with several support aircraft. This deployment, … Continue reading →

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (1974)

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Luke Ford

John Masko writes in the Claremont Review of Books: * Every biographer dreams of upending the consensus view of a prominent historical figure. Rare indeed is the writer who succeeds at this task as triumphantly as Robert Caro did in … Continue reading →

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