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Category Archives: Politics
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: A Review
When capable people realize you are a loser, they will just exit. They won’t say anything. They won’t try to change you. The opportunities you’ve missed out on? You won’t even know what you lost. Rob Henderson writes: I listened … Continue reading
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‘What Happens When Extremists Win Primaries?’
From LSE: Why, then, do Democratic and Republican incumbents diverge so much, ideologically? In my ongoing book project, I argue that we have missed a key factor in the ideological divergence of candidates and, as a result, in the growth … Continue reading
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Elections have big consequences that last for decades
From LSE: Every election cycle, voters are told by pundits and commentators that this particular election counts and that it is likely to shape public policy for decades to come. In new research, Anthony Fowlerand Andrew B. Hall find that … Continue reading
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Hegemonic Degeneration
Ed West writes: Progressivism already suffers from what Swedish academic Carl Ritter called “hegemonic degeneration”, that when a belief becomes established, made flabby by institutional protection, then the genuinely interesting and intellectually curious will look for something else. The most … Continue reading
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Grievance, rebellion and burnt bridges: Tracing Josh Hawley’s path to the insurrection
The Washington Post reports: Hawley made a striking declaration about his view of Americans in a June 2019 article in Christianity Today, titled “The Age of Pelagius.” He said Pelagius, a Greek scholar born about the year 350, had said … Continue reading
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‘Why Me?’ The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics
From a new academic paper by Miles T. Armaly and Adam M. Enders: * Despite growing recognition among journalists and political pundits, the concept of victimhood has been largely ignored in empirical social science research. * Perceiving oneself to be … Continue reading
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The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance In The White House By James David Barber
From the 2017 edition, Introduction: * Activity is the level of energy that a president devotes to the job, and affect is the level of satisfaction the president obtains from it. He divides each dimension into two categories (active-inactive and … Continue reading
Pundits V Professors
A friend says: Political pundits are selected for on their ability to get and keep attention. Many though academia’s problems are, the selection process is not as pathological. And the same applies to business/finance analysts — and, to be honest, … Continue reading
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Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk
Here are some highlights from this 2020 book: * A once-enthusiastic participant in the online culture wars recently reflected on his history of grandstanding: “Every time I would call someone racist or sexist, I would get a rush. That rush … Continue reading
Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Essays and Provocations by Henry Fairlie
Here are some highlights from the late essayist at The New Republic: * Parliament still unites freedom and order in a way which is the envy of the world, and probably its hope. [LF: Does parliament unite freedom and order … Continue reading
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