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Category Archives: America
WP: Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population (9-1-25)
01:00 Religion vs sports03:00 Tucker hosts Christopher Caldwell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9bua4XxWQA05:00 WP: Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16348534:00 Why The Supreme Court Might Uphold Trump’s Tariffs, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16349543:00 What are the implications of Donald Trump’s fatalism?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16347850:00 What Is … Continue reading
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What are the implications of Donald Trump’s fatalism?
ChatGPT says: Trump’s fatalism—his tendency to frame events as inevitable, rigged, or out of anyone’s control—has several implications, both political and cultural: 1. Undermines Agency and Responsibility Fatalism downplays human choice and accountability. For Trump, this often means shrugging off … Continue reading
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NYT: Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump
Adrian Vermeule writes in the NYT: Since President Trump returned to the presidency for a second term, legal scholars and political writers have wrestled with a particular preoccupation: What if he defies court orders? When actual examples of the administration … Continue reading
Government By Experts
Christopher Caldwell writes: If Republicans, for now, appear to be better than Democrats at this kind of mythmaking, half a century of government by experts is probably responsible. Republicans have a fair claim to represent the uncredentialed masses who were … Continue reading
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The Revolt Of The Masses (8-31-25)
01:00 Stanford’s Practical Guide to 10x Your AI Productivity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMOmmnjy3sE20:00 There Are Two Types Of People, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16335436:00 NYT: What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16341740:00 The Logical Song by Supertramp, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16341442:00 NYT: What Motivated the … Continue reading
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NYT: What Motivated the Minneapolis Church Shooter? We May Never Know.
The New York Times reports: Investigators combing through piles of evidence from an attack on a Minneapolis church cautioned that these kinds of shooters often leave more questions than answers… The attacker left behind a lengthy suicide note, journal entries … Continue reading
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The Rise of the “National Class” and Populist Backlash
I love this 1999 Paul Carrington book, Stewards Of Democracy: Law As Public Profession, and I asked ChatGPT to help me apply its insights to hot button issues in the news: Elite institutions—universities, courts, corporations—feel increasingly detached, like moral commissars … Continue reading
WSJ: ‘In Trump’s Second Term, a Bolder President Charges Ahead Unchecked’
I’m pretty shocked that Donald Trump is pushing back at institutions that pushed against him during his first-term and its humiliating afterlife. Journalists tend to be secular, so they might not have heard of the Biblical insight that you reap … Continue reading
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2006 Book: ‘Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them’
Do these conmen, professional liars and hysterics dominating America feel any shame? Do they ever get embarrassed? Why doesn’t polite society shun them? Why doesn’t the blob (America’s foreign policy establishment) cast them out? Why do universities honor them? I … Continue reading
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What Will A Maga Takeover Of The Federal Reserve Look Like?
AI suggests: Under a MAGA Fed, interest rates aren’t adjusted by economists—they’re announced at rallies with a chant: “Raise it! Lower it! Raise it! Lower it!” Instead of the Beige Book, they issue the Red Hat Book. Every chapter ends … Continue reading
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