Monthly Archives: May 2025

Cameron Adair Interview (California Review) (5-21-25)

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 Berkeley conservative publication, https://www.californiareview.org/04:00 Cameron Adair, https://www.californiareview.org/50:00 The Genesis story of Avram & Sarai, https://biblehub.com/genesis/16.htmusually it is the left that intimidates, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/trump-tariffs-ceos-prices.html52:00 Intercollegiate Studies Institute, https://isi.org/1:21:00 Education is significantly a socialization, an education in education, learning to play the … Continue reading →

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Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests (5-18-25)

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 American Primeval exemplifies my worldview, https://yourmoralleader.blogspot.com/2025/05/american-primeval.html12:00 Political scientist John J. Mearsheimer on war and international politics, https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/49/4/7/130810/War-and-International-Politics27:40 Which prominent Americans called for regime change in Russia?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16140332:00 Subversive un-pc jokes on SNL34:20 Mark Halperin: Opportunity Missed: The Media Continues … Continue reading →

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Which prominent Americans called for regime change in Russia?

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Luke Ford

John J. Mearsheimer writes: For sure, states need laws and norms to help them interact efficiently with one another, and there is no question that the great powers mainly write the rules—for their own benefit. But powerful states will ignore … Continue reading →

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The Washington Consensus

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Luke Ford

Grok says: The Washington Consensus refers to a set of ten economic policy prescriptions promoted in the late 1980s and 1990s by institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and U.S. Treasury, primarily for developing countries. Coined by economist John Williamson … Continue reading →

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‘SCOTUS to CASA to A.A.R.P.: In Case Of (Perceived) Emergency, Ignore The Rules, And Make Stuff Up’

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Luke Ford

Law professor Josh Blackman writes May 16: The past 24 hours have been something of a Rorschach Test for the Supreme Court. In the birthright citizenship case, the Court made clear that in emergencies, the judiciary must retain the power … Continue reading →

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