Author: Jim

Too much aloneness is creating a crisis of social fitness.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYf0nRhVvAOwNsOEJ7WNRIoo&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

There Is a Secret Hamiltonian in the White House

America needs a strong industrial strategy to support its long-term security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/opinion/biden-hamilton-china-chips.html?smid=em-share

The Roots of Trump Nostalgia

Why Joe Biden’s problem is bigger than just fatigue with anti-Trumpism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/joe-biden-donald-trump.html?smid=em-share

Many progressive Jews outside Israel may turn toward a Jewishness that is more personal, familial and spiritual and less national-political.

https://wapo.st/3wOnVvz

American Fiction (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fiction_(film)

This Prophetic Academic Now Foresees the West’s Defeat

Emmanuel Todd, a historian and anthropologist, has a knack for prediction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/opinion/emmanuel-todd-decline-west.html?smid=em-share

How to Fix the Crisis of Trust in Higher Education

Start listening to students about what makes college relevant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/opinion/college-enrollment.html?smid=em-share

The justices did not want to throw Trump off the ballot, and so they didn’t.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/supreme-court-trump-v-anderson-fourteenth-amendment-originalism/677636/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYekj1B9glUv-7TwhPk7JP8Y&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Artificial intelligence, data centers and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s aging power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up.

https://wapo.st/3IqeK6P