NYTIMES (Charles A. Kupchan) - The End of American Exceptionalism?
Liberal democracy is in worldwide retreat, including in its birthplace — the United States.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Johnson) - The Tom Stoppard I Knew
Tom knew the best people, threw the best parties, and was the best of friends. The post The Tom Stoppard I Knew appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The Tom Stoppard I Knew Tom knew the best people, threw the best parties, and was the best of friends. UK Special Coverage Photo by Neil Libbert/Getty Images I grew up in a Buckinghamshire village called Iver, living for 18 years in a Queen Anne house called Copthall. In the early 1970s, when I was about 10, a glamorous couple moved to the other end of the village: Tom and Miriam Stoppard. Tom soon became a close friend of my father, the historian and journalist Paul Johnson. I suppose there weren’t many other successful writers living in the village, and convenience is a powerful factor…Open
NYTIMES (Jason Horowitz) - Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents
President Trump’s earnings in office are at a level once unimaginable for any leader of a liberal democracy, particularly a sitting American president.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Frank-Christian Hansel) - The Unequal Democracy of Germany
Americans often imagine Germany as the model liberal democracy: institutional, consensus-oriented, post-national, and morally disciplined by the catastrophes of the twentieth century. Yet Germany also […] Source
NPR (Frank Langfitt) - Is the U.S. slipping into 'Competitive Authoritarianism?'
What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Galen Carpenter) - David French’s Zelensky Hero Worship Distorts Reality
Pro-Ukraine commentators inflate the country’s strategic relevance and moral standing. The post David French’s Zelensky Hero Worship Distorts Reality appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs David French’s Zelensky Hero Worship Distorts Reality Pro-Ukraine commentators inflate the country’s strategic relevance and moral standing. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images) Since the start of NATO’s proxy war against Russia, a fierce determination has animated the political and opinion elites in both Europe and the United States to elevate public perceptions of Ukraine’s strategic importance and moral standing. That attempted elevation sometimes has reached extreme, even laughable, levels. Until last month, pundits Marc Thiessen and Bernard-Henri Lévy deserved the joint prize for…Open
HUFFPOST - Katie Miller Mocked Over 'Genuinely Impressive' Fail: 'READ A F**KING BOOK'
Stephen Miller's MAGA podcaster wife apparently believes the most basic American principles are part of a "woke" and "deeply leftist ideology."
Stephen Miller's MAGA podcaster wife apparently believes the most basic American principles are part of a "woke" and "deeply leftist ideology."Open