by jpitney | Feb 23, 2022 | Romney, Russia, Ukraine
Chris Cillizza at CNN: A decade ago, Mitt Romney went on CNN and made a statement that was widely perceived as a major mistake. “Russia, this is, without question, our number one geopolitical foe,” Romney, who would be the Republican presidential nominee in the 2012...
by jpitney | Feb 22, 2022 | Patriotism, Russia, Ukraine, Uncategorized
David French: To understand how a healthy patriotism can lead to solidarity with and empathy for others, it’s worth returning to perhaps the most helpful framing of the virtues of patriotism and the temptations of nationalism that I’ve ever read. In his book The Four...
by jpitney | Feb 21, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Despite deadlock on high-profile controversial bills, Congress does manage to pass legislation on lower-profile issues. Russell Berman in The Atlantic The final two-plus years of the Trump administration, for example, began with a government shutdown and featured two...
by jpitney | Feb 19, 2022 | Free Speech, Insurrection
Judge Amit Mehta: The nineteenth century English philosopher John Stuart Mill was a fierce advocate of free speech. But Mill understood that not all speech should be protected. In his work On Liberty, Mill wrote, “No one pretends that actions should be as free as...
by jpitney | Feb 18, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Foreign Policy: “As we’ve seen in the past, we expect Russia will try to force cooperation through intimidation and repression,” said a U.S. official who spoke on background on condition of anonymity. “These acts, which in past Russian operations have included...
