Category Archives: America

Marc J. Dunkelman writes: * Rather than have a local nobleman keep watch over a district, as in England, the cohort of Americans living nearby took joint responsibility for their collective well – being . Many colonists had moved away … Continue reading →

01:00 NYT: People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves: People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html20:00 New York: … Continue reading →

01:00 The Democrats needed every bit of their buffered identity to stay unmoved during last night’s Trump event, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14951216:00 Mark Halperin on Smerconish, https://www.smerconish.com/podcasts/the-smerconish-podcast/32:00 The r-word, https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-r-slur-inner-circle-and-outer39:00 Lenny Skutnik moment, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Skutnik41:00 Trump’s skillset matches Bill Clinton’s44:00 Trump doesn’t pussy foot … Continue reading →

I ask Grok: “Do the professions such as law lean to the political left?” Grok says: Yeah, professions like law do tend to lean left, at least in the U.S., but it’s not a monolith—context, location, and specific roles tweak … Continue reading →

David Sanger writes: “After five weeks in which President Trump made clear his determination to scrap America’s traditional sources of power — its alliances among like-minded democracies…” On what basis would you argue that America’s power stems from its aliances … Continue reading →

01:00 Fighting stigma against sex work01:30 “UNWATCHABLE” Sex Work Movie Anora Wins Best Picture | Oscars With Critical Drinker & Nerdrotic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghZj3oPknKI03:00 Commentary magazine: The Oscars, Ukraine, and Gaza Aid, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8ae47jp4Q18:00 The voyage of the damned, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15918219:00 MS ST LOUIS … Continue reading →

04:00 Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. The media after Trump: manufacturing anger and polarization (2020), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15911420:00 Christopher Caldwell On Trump And Europe, https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/christopher-caldwell-on-trump-and24:00 NYP: Disaster in the Oval Office: Dems lead Zelensky, Ukraine off a cliff with pressure to … Continue reading →

01:00 Trump v Zelensky, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/28/us/trump-news03:00 Reb Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid08:00 Michael Wolff’s new book, ALL OR NOTHING: How Trump Recaptured America, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/books/review/all-or-nothing-michael-wolff.html14:00 Pray for the government, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/praying-for-the-government/35:00 Steve Bannon Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #433, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9aXjWdGWH841:00 Steve Bannon has … Continue reading →

Steve Bannon has changed his tune on Elon Musk. He’s now complimentary.Bannon is Trump’s id.Along with Russ Vought, Musk “is taking the most extreme action possible.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.htmlThe team is now moving faster than many of the legal efforts to stop it, … Continue reading →

01:00 Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. The media after Trump: manufacturing anger and polarization (2020), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15911406:00 Secrets of Playboy, https://www.aetv.com/shows/secrets-of-playboy26:00 Lee Pete and Jim Brown, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Pete28:00 The Stardust Line with Lee Pete and Jim Brown, https://archive.org/details/StardustSportsLine8131984_201601/Stardust+SportsLineA.mp330:00 Lee Pete – … Continue reading →