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Category Archives: America
How Do We Build Better Americans?
Aaron Renn writes: “Better American versions of these are not just going to appear. They have to be built. We will need solutions that span all of the different domains I highlighted in the two charts above, and probably more … Continue reading
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NYT: Obama Took On Recession, Health Care and Iraq. What He Didn’t See Coming Was Trump.
Peter Baker writes: “A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”” … Continue reading
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Amusing Ourselves To Death
I do not begrudge selfishness. Everybody self-interested, and that is not a scandal. I do not expect strangers to care deeply about me, and I rarely care deeply about them either. There is a kind of honesty in admitting that … Continue reading
Trump Administration Humiliated!
I keep hearing about how the Trump admin just had another humiliating defeat. So if you go big and bold and you just keep on trucking, is it really humiliating? To what extent does your purpose affect your ability to … Continue reading
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Stewards Of Democracy: Law As Public Profession (1999)
Law professor Paul D. Carrington wrote: * American law in the last half-century has been increasingly disdainful of the expressed wishes and expectations of the citizens it purports to serve. * Robert Wiebe, for example, has identified World War II … Continue reading
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Decoding Slopulism (2-15-26)
01:00 My Struggle With Connection, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16979410:30 Alan Dershowitz Says Congress Does Not Want The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16903112:30 Revealing the TRUTH of the Epstein Files WITH Alan Dershowitzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ7AwsEDhaY15:00 Decoding The Moral Panic Over Jeffrey Epstein, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16976947:00 Decoding My Life … Continue reading
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Why Is Opposition To Trump So Hyper-Moralized?
David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory starts from a blunt premise. Moral language is not primarily about truth or virtue. It is a coordination technology. Humans moralize to recruit allies, signal loyalty, and punish defection. In political systems, morality functions less like … Continue reading
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How To Get Ahead By Being Anti-Racist
Power in the modern anti-racist movement resides in a network of academics, corporate consultants, and bureaucratic leaders who manage the standards of institutional conduct. Unlike the 1960s civil rights movement, which focused on legal enfranchisement through protest, this current alliance … Continue reading
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Morality As A Tool For Personal Advancement
The Los Angeles Times reports: ‘Rehab Addict’ pulled after video shows HGTV host Nicole Curtis using a racial slur HGTV canceled “Rehab Addict” after video surfaced showing host Nicole Curtis using a racial slur while filming. Curtis apologized, saying the … Continue reading
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Decoding Amazon Prime Video
Gemini says: Amazon Prime Video operates as the ultimate “Trojan Horse Alliance.” In David Pinsof’s framework, prestige usually requires some form of sacrifice or exclusivity. Amazon, however, uses its nearly $3 trillion retail empire to subsidize an alliance where the … Continue reading
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