Author: Jim

‘Trump Is Not Crazy’: Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Beating the Right

The French radical believes that France has something to teach the world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/melenchon-left-france.html?smid=em-share

“Pro-tariff liberals are trying to thread an excruciatingly narrow political needle,” Rogé Karma writes. “They must convince their side that, as bad as Trump’s approach has been, tariffs are still a valuable policy tool”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/05/trump-tariffs-liberals/682697/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYZEXP6JIp-C6BrJZmJtes88&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

What Happened to American Conservatism? — with David Brooks | Prof G Conversations

https://youtu.be/pA9Bwd1zYDQ?si=DuQvXDVqVLYz-WIb

“The first great project of the national conservatives is to man the barricades in the culture war,” @nytdavidbrooks reports from the National Conservatism Conference.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/scary-future-american-right-national-conservatism-conference/620746/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYWiI8s_s4SdLn0Vg-c5878I&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

https://www.compactmag.com/p/8c46b73c-c5b5-4314-a4ad-e124c80f9cfd/

The Dark Ages Are Back

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/04/trump-academic-freedom/682648/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUPtTlmFyAdcKchB-7yVaWU&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Read excerpts of @TheAtlantic’s April 24, 2025, interview with President Donald Trump:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/donald-trump-oval-office-interview-excerpts/682623/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSW181jYmWBXfZZAcVlkM80&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social