We all mostly communicate with people and organizations that share our views
https://youtu.be/Um017R5Kr3A?si=nqtbWCADyNsI9L0K
To make sense of the election, we must first understand the discontent that gave Donald Trump the victory. This is the theory of Harvard professor and political philosopher Michael Sandel. He joins the show to discuss the polarization that fueled Trump’s campaign, and the failure of the Democrats to present themselves as the party of change. Originally aired on November 15, 2024
The Great Capitulation
Powerful Americans have lost the will to resist Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/trump-tech-leaders-support.html?smid=em-share
“I believe that the illiberal-left movement has not merely declined,” @jonathanchait writes. “It is dead, or at least barely breathing. When was the last time you saw a social-media mob have any effect outside social media?”
Many friends, @EliotACohen has found, are despondent over Trump’s victory. “I respect their points of view but have decided to look elsewhere for advice, and so have turned to a different set of friends—those sitting on my bookshelves.”
For that, something more spiritual is indicated, and I find it in the Library of America edition of one of the previous century’s deep thinkers, Reinhold Niebuhr.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Serenity will be something we will need in the years ahead. If you ask me, a well-stocked library will be of more help getting there than tranquilizers, wide-eyed staring at one’s mobile phone, or scrambling to find out if an Irish ancestor qualifies you for a European Union passport.
The obstacles the U.S. has faced in trying to supply Ukraine during the past two years have revealed a systemic, gaping national-security weakness, Mark Bowden writes. The vaunted American war machine is in disarray and disrepair.
Crony Capitalism Is Coming to America
Business success may increasingly depend on connections, not competence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/opinion/trump-tariffs-deportations.html?smid=em-share
Trump’s Project 2025 May Not Be What It Seemed. It’s Worse.
The early coercive pressures applied by Trump loyalists are a taste of what is to come.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/trump-patel-vought-project-2025.html?smid=em-share
Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.
The president’s achievement shows that the private and public sectors can work in tandem.
https://wapo.st/41slA6F