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Chris Rufo Thinks the Right Can Control This. I Don’t.

Christopher Rufo is arguably the most successful activist of the MAGA era. He rose to prominence fighting D.E.I. initiatives and critical race theory. In President Trump’s second term, he’s had a huge influence on policy, from Trump’s executive orders against D.E.I. and the attacks on the Department of Education to the ICE and C.B.P. deployments to Minneapolis. Rufo, helpfully, calls his shots. He has published a guide, “The New Right Activism: A Manifesto for the Counterrevolution,” in which...

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Culture

Classics v. Classics

The furious debate about Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has revealed an unexpected fact: Many people take Homer seriously, very seriously. Modifying the canonical epic in the least detail, it appears,. The post Classics v. Classics appeared first on First Things

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Essentials: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Jocko Willink

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Jocko Willink, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, author and host of the Jocko Podcast. We discuss why discipline, rather than motivation, is the reliable driver of daily action, and how taking action is the most effective way to move through adversity, loss and setbacks. We also discuss how exercise generates energy, the leader’s role as a counterweight to team morale, and detachment as a trainable skill for widening perspective and making ...

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Why Did Dolly Mean So Much to Us?

Why Did Dolly Mean So Much to Us? When a celebrity dies, a few days of public grieving and tributes are to be expected. But it’s been more than a week now, and my social-media feeds are still full of quotes set to “I Will Always Love You” and news reports about a proposed airport renaming and an upcoming Dollyfest. Even the subsequent deaths of actor Tim Curry and poet and environmentalist Wendell Berry haven’t slowed the public adulation for the late singer, songwriter, and philanthropist Do...

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Participants, not Prosecutors

Participants, not Prosecutors “I enter the ancient courts of ancient men. Received by them lovingly, I feed on the food that alone is mine and that I was born for. There I am not ashamed to speak with them and to ask them the reason for their actions; and they in their humanity reply to me.” Niccolò Machiavelli wrote these words in 1513 while under house arrest, describing what happened each evening when he turned to the literature and history of antiquity. More than three centuries later, W....

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Culture

Putting out the toffees

The article explores the complexities of social class in contemporary Britain, examining how perceptions and behaviors shape interactions among different societal groups.

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Geopolitics

Understanding Section 219

Whatever its supporters say, the NDAA provision would massively expand defense ties between the U.S. and Israel. The post Understanding Section 219 appeared first on The American Conservative

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