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Category Archives: America
The Gap Is the Story: James O’Keefe and the Invention of Activist Undercover Media
James O’Keefe (b. 1984) is an American undercover investigator, media entrepreneur, author, and political activist who turned hidden-camera operations into a durable institution of conservative media. Over two decades he built, lost, and rebuilt organizations devoted to a single proposition: … Continue reading
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The Dean of Revolutionary Scholarship: Gordon S. Wood, 1933-2026
Gordon Stewart Wood (1933-2026) was a leading historian of America’s founding. For four decades at Brown University he argued that the American Revolution was a transformation in ideas, social relations, and conceptions of equality, not a quarrel over taxes or … Continue reading
Iran Launches Fresh Missile Attacks On Israel (6-7-26)
01:00 Autumn Gold film, https://www.autumngoldfilm.com/02:00 Autumn Gold: Secrecy, Time, and the Recovery of Truth, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=19096803:00 Eric Longabardi: An Investigative Journalist Between Two Media Orders, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=19094908:00 Project Shad, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAD10:00 Project 112, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_11221:00 Operation Tailwind, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tailwind23:00 CBS Evening News broke the story … Continue reading
Kevin Walling: A Democratic Voice in Conservative Rooms
Kevin Walling (b. 1985) works at the meeting point of campaign operations, advocacy, political consulting, and television commentary. He holds no elected office of national weight. Yet he has built a recognizable place in Democratic politics through field organizing, paid … Continue reading
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The Declaration of Independence
In his 2018 book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities, John J. Mearsheimer wrote: My view is that we are profoundly social beings from the start to the finish of our lives and that individualism is of secondary … Continue reading
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Walt Whitman: A Life
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) stands among the founders of modern American poetry. His central work, Leaves of Grass, first appears in 1855 and grows through repeated revision across the rest of his life. Whitman breaks with inherited poetic form. He writes … Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Life
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) stands at the center of nineteenth-century American Transcendentalism. He worked to build a national philosophy out of native materials, and he grounded that philosophy in individual judgment, spiritual self-culture, and direct experience. His writings supplied the … Continue reading
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The Jared Kushner Voice
Jared Kushner (b. 1981) speaks softly. The voice sits high and thin, almost a whisper, and it surprises people who expect force from a man who held so much power. He keeps the volume low and the pitch level. He … Continue reading
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The Susie Wiles Voice
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles (b. 1957) built a public style out of refusing one. That is the first thing to understand about her. She made silence the whole presentation. Her self-presentation runs on absence. She stood offstage … Continue reading
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Dan Turrentine: Fundraiser, Operative, Commentator
Dan Turrentine (b. 1977) is an American Democratic political strategist, fundraiser, corporate government-relations executive, and media commentator. His career runs across campaign finance, technology lobbying, congressional politics, corporate advocacy, and digital political journalism. He came up through fundraising and operations … Continue reading