@JSchanzer If Syria doesn't object, what role does Israel have? It's not their border, nor have they been attacked from Syria. No casus belli for military action.
I like Tolkien, Classical schools, etc, but there is a whole generation of conservatives who think that everyone before 1800 leaved in peaceful healthy and well-fed shires. Abraham Lincoln knew this wasnt true when he quoted Thomas Gray: "short and simple annals of the poor."
That didn’t take long… *sigh*
We’re blowing up long-standing alliances for…well, no one knows why. Thanks, MAGA.
We’ve somehow managed to turn Canada and South Korea against us - two of the most pro-American countries on the planet pre-Trump.
What an accomplishment…
The biggest ideological own-goal for the right in years was when we got Democrats to agree to ban TikTok, but then Trump decided to ignore federal law because his billionaire donor was financially in bed with Beijing.
Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.
A great listen/watch.
I don’t really care what people think about “liberalism” because ideologies are stupid. But you probably want to keep a classically oriented liberal regime as long as you can, especially if you’re any sort of Baptist or folk Calvinist, homeschooler, or Christian schooler.