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Trump taking out the East Wing is like Daley taking out Meigs airport. Do what you want to get what you want regardless of the required process. SAD and selfish.
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump taking out the East Wing is like Daley taking out Meigs airport. Do what you want to get what you want regardless of the required process. SAD and selfish.
My goodness. Remembering history is still important.
Especially when it comes to Free Speech.
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Especially when it comes to Free Speech.
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Free Speech, Jimmy Kimmel, and Dissent
Modern expansive protections of free speech and dissent haven't always been part of America. This victory, carved in living memory, now is coming apart.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My goodness. Remembering history is still important.
Especially when it comes to Free Speech.
open.substack.com/pub/frankjdi...
Especially when it comes to Free Speech.
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Charlie Kirk and the Rubicon of Democracy
Violence kills republics. Fear extinguishes democracy.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Min-Max Economy and Hollowing of America
The real reason the Cracker Barrel rebrand resonated.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Great discussion. Be sure to check out the comments after the article. Excellent discussion.
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The Civic Crisis of the Modern American University, Part II: Universities of Civic Virtue
The mission of the university should be educating citizens for democratic self-government.
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August 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Great discussion. Be sure to check out the comments after the article. Excellent discussion.
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Expertise is about how to reach a goal. Democracy is about what goal we ought to reach.
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On Experts and Expertise
How to build institutions that harness expertise while keeping experts in their lane is one of the most neglected questions in America.
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April 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Expertise is about how to reach a goal. Democracy is about what goal we ought to reach.
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Had not thought about what effect the human condition would have on the AI innovation. Concerning.
Nice example comparing it to TV.
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Nice example comparing it to TV.
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AI and Oil Wells: Will AI Destroy the Middle Class and Democracy?
The champions of AI claim it will create a new era of prosperity. It could destroy the middle class and democracy instead.
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April 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Had not thought about what effect the human condition would have on the AI innovation. Concerning.
Nice example comparing it to TV.
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Nice example comparing it to TV.
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One of the things I like about the school my grandkids attend is their message to be kind. Back to the old everything I need to know can be learned in kindergarten.
Let’s hope our government and politicians can revisit their conduct.
Good article here.
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Let’s hope our government and politicians can revisit their conduct.
Good article here.
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Reflections On Cruelty in America
America must be strong, but never cruel.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
One of the things I like about the school my grandkids attend is their message to be kind. Back to the old everything I need to know can be learned in kindergarten.
Let’s hope our government and politicians can revisit their conduct.
Good article here.
open.substack.com/pub/frankjdi...
Let’s hope our government and politicians can revisit their conduct.
Good article here.
open.substack.com/pub/frankjdi...
Reposted
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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The President and those around him severely overestimate how many Americans will support what we saw and heard in the Oval Office yesterday.
The weirdo online fanboys will squeal. But normal Americans don’t want us parroting Vladimir Putin and it will turn their stomachs.
The weirdo online fanboys will squeal. But normal Americans don’t want us parroting Vladimir Putin and it will turn their stomachs.
March 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The President and those around him severely overestimate how many Americans will support what we saw and heard in the Oval Office yesterday.
The weirdo online fanboys will squeal. But normal Americans don’t want us parroting Vladimir Putin and it will turn their stomachs.
The weirdo online fanboys will squeal. But normal Americans don’t want us parroting Vladimir Putin and it will turn their stomachs.