Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Larry Bartels, Democracy Erodes from the Top

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At Amazon Larry Bartels, Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe . #CommissionEarned
Friday, June 30, 2023

Patrick J. Deneen, Regime Change

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At Amazon, Patrick J. Deneen, Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future .
Sunday, April 9, 2023

We Are In a Jacobin Revolution of the Sort That in 1793-94 Nearly Destroyed France

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From Victor Davis Hanson, " Our French Revolution ."
Sunday, January 1, 2023

How the 2022 Midterms Rewrote American Politics

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At Vanity Fair , " Honey, We Dumped the Playbook: 10 Ways the Midterms Rewrote American Politics in 2022 ": The counterintuitive t...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Tucker Carlson: 'Our Elections Are Not Working' (VIDEO)

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Tucker's opening commentary tonight:
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Voters Overwhelmingly believe American Democracy is Under Threat, But No One Wants to Lift a Finger to Save It

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You gotta love this country, especially all the gullible lambs being led to the slaughter. Oh, the country's on the brink? Who cares?!! ...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Italy Votes Decisively for Nationalist-Right Coalition (VIDEO)

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At the Economist , " Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy is set to be the country’s first female prime minister ": It would be...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

Republicans Won’t Promise to Accept 2022 Results

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This is supposedly the biggest threat to the American democracy. Though the New York Times comes up with just 6 Republican candidates who s...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Professor Robert George: Constitutional Republic, Not Pure Democracy (VIDEO)

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At Prager University:
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Photos Capture Election-Night Tension at White House as Trump Family, Aides Watch Lead Fade Away (VIDEO)

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Watch, at ABC News, " They reflect what advisers told the Jan. 6 committee despite Trump's claims ": A series of photos taken ...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

France's Macron and Far-Right Le Pen Lead in First Round of Presidential Election

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It's going to be a nail-biter. Two weeks from today. At WSJ , " France’s Macron and Far-Right Le Pen Lead in First Round of Preside...

Alyssa Farah on Donald Trump, Jr.'s, Text Messages Trying to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election Results (VIDEO)

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Ms. Alyssa, who was White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to the President during the Trump administration, with Ja...
Saturday, April 9, 2022

'Fractured' France Heads to the Polls

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France votes tomorrow, which is actually right now, after 4:00am there. I'll be back tomorrow with the results, of course.  For now, her...
Friday, April 1, 2022

The Right's Cancel Culture Comes for Disney (VIDEO

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This is from Charles Sykes at the Bullwark.   I don't like these people, although I'm interested in this story.  Here, " You ca...
Friday, March 4, 2022

A Flourishing Democracy in Ukraine?

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A flourishing Ukrainian democracy.  That's what Vladimir Putin fears, according to Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and ...

Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault

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This article from John Mearsheimer is getting a lot of attention, as well as the lecture video I posted the other night.  Prescient, you mi...
Thursday, March 3, 2022

Putin Follows Through on His Word

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It's Pat Buchanan, at the American Conservative , " Putin Warned Us ": When Russia’s Vladimir Putin demanded that the U.S. rul...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

U.S. and NATO Pressed on Ukraine Aid

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 At WSJ , " As Russian Invasion of Ukraine Widens, the West’s Options Shrink ": Seven days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Putin the Powerful: Oligarchs Can't Take Out Russian Dictator

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Somewhere I read that Vladdy's hold on power had weakened since last Thursday, especially since things were going so badly on the ground...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Putin Accidentally Revitalized the West's Liberal Order

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It's Kori Schake, at the Atlantic , " The Russian president thought he sensed an opportunity to take advantage of a disunited West....