Chris Williamson

Toastmasters, computers, New College, Johns Hopkins, reading, coffee with friends, did I mention reading?

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@timburchett @RobertKennedyJr I heard rustling as I bent down to pick blackberries this morning. No, I didn't mess with it.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

In the meantime, interest on the debt is chewing up a trillion dollars of the Federal budget. No argument to be had there.

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

Have you noticed that our political campaigns are almost completely devoid of ideas? No arguing over the size and scope of government. No arguing over America’s role in the world. It’s all personalities, “vibes,” and memes. Our political culture has been badly degraded. Its perfect symbol is that grotesque “cage” on the White House lawn.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@KenLaCorte Michael Novak's book "The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism" has a chapter on just this topic.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@EWErickson Would that we all were Kemp-Desantis types.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@hughhewitt @AaronBMacLean @nfergus @TheFP That was a stellar back-and-forth, and that story at the end that Aaron told as a child in Germany with his parents was, well, shocking. The lesson of history is in books, though, not to be replaced by podcasts, as Niall points out.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@LauraRbnsn And don't forget to search for "tik tok someone should do it." https://t.co/Lf7f7Up8ne https://t.co/mPZNKfAfLm

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@saylordocs She's thinking ahead: "How can we blame billionaires for the upcoming cuts to Social Security benefits?"

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@Zoomer_South Walter Russell Mead, who started life in the South, talks about the importance of the Civil War to southerners: "Winners forget, losers remember." https://t.co/6OCjqb1IIu

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@readswithravi "Mathematics in Western Culture" by Morris Kline

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@poorbjorn I enjoyed it. I read it 50 years ago in school, but I didn't remember the story...Dickens is a master plot developer, bringing all the threads together in the end. I can imagine people eagerly buying the next chapter in the newspaper back then.

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@BillKristol There wouldn't be elections if there were truly a chance of an iron curtain falling. Listen to yourself....

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@roddreher NYT: "[S]haring some of Mr. Orban’s views on the importance of national sovereignty and the dangers of “woke ideology,” the opposition leader, Mr. Magyar, won votes for Tisza by promising drastic change, though he was often vague on the specifics." https://t.co/5MxdYI1WZ0

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@SenatorWarnock Hopefully the next administration will rip away the money that millions of taxpayers earn to pay for this. We can't lose sight of putting taxpayers in jail if they don't agree.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@asymmetricinfo I had that same meal last week. Best sandwich they have.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@EconTalker Yikes! First we had the avuncular smile of Khameini from WashPo, and now this.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@DavidAFrench "Breaking with Trump *is* the pro-life move."

But voting for Kamala isn't....

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@ThePunnyWorld There were stairs near that same wall, and I saw a man in an orange jump suit scrambling down them. "Hey, jerk! What are you looking at?" He yelled at me. "A condescending con descending", I replied.

[Chris Williamson @cdwilli]

@ShehuSani And don't forget the question: How were they able to destroy Tehran's water source?

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@ShutupLyle What should we use 'this coincidence' for?