Christopher Shafik

@TheLBJSchool Policy Student | @Texas4000 Alumni | Texas Ex

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

My latest: An essay on mitigating loneliness:

Sundays are for Calls and Voicemails, by @Chrishafik https://t.co/TASn3pSEvE

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

The best I have read.

[Paul D. Miller @PaulDMiller2]

Very thoughtful and nuanced essay on cancel culture and the limits of academic expression.
https://t.co/BXYGQY9k0q

[Yael Bar tur @yaelbt]

Outside the Tel Aviv museum, a Shabbat table is set for 203 hostages kidnapped by Hamas to Gaza.

Please watch the full length of the video, and try to imagine the whole world behind each one of those empty seats.

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

Yes. I don't understand how the logic can go both ways for the President.

[Paul D. Miller @PaulDMiller2]

Biden spoke movingly and powerfully last night about the importance of American engagement in the world and support for Israel and Ukraine in their fight against tyranny and terror.

Unfortunately, the people of Afghanistan were unavailable for comment.

[The Dispatch @thedispatch]

"Everything that you just saw happen over the last three or four days are war crimes. That does not mean that Israel can commit war crimes in response. It does give Israel the authority under the law of war to respond—to defeat Hamas," explains @DavidAFrench in #AdvisoryOpinions

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

Very strong speech from President Biden, clearly laying out the moral and geostrategic stakes.

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

Rembering Dumbledore today. Thanks for the magical childhood. https://t.co/GcbM3rkKfq via @YouTube

[Justin Giboney @JustinEGiboney]

Not everyone with a sympathetic story is right.

We can feel compassion for someone and protect them without fully agreeing with their behavior or perspective. Hopefully, others will show us the same grace when we’re wrong.

Jesus modeled how to approach this reality perfectly.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is so great. Please watch.

[Paul D. Miller @PaulDMiller2]

I rarely watch or attend 9/11 commemorations.

They tend to present 9/11 as a tragedy which needs mourning and cathartic sorrow.

But catharsis can lead to a false sense of closure.

I feel no closure without a reckoning of what happened after.

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

An attempt to reach my progressive friends - this essay gracefully rejects the progressive indignation towards paying student loans.

https://t.co/vRj8DJdptP

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

The federal government will shut down in less than a month unless a funding bill is passed by Sept. 30. That’s only 16 legislative days away (and even fewer for the House) under the current schedule. The House and Senate are in completely different universes when it comes to how lawmakers should fund federal agencies in both the short and long term. @thedispatch

[Paul D. Miller @PaulDMiller2]

Reposting this on a bleak anniversary.
“Afghanistan Didn’t Have to End This Way” - Paul Miller - The Dispatch https://t.co/5Vaubz9S7N

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

Yes. And the frustration is compounded by the fact that there was no ticking clock for President Biden to withdraw.

[Paul D. Miller @PaulDMiller2]

Reposting this on a bleak anniversary.
“Afghanistan Didn’t Have to End This Way” - Paul Miller - The Dispatch https://t.co/5Vaubz9S7N

[Live Action @LiveAction]

Did you know? A preborn baby has:

-A heartbeat at 16 days
-Fingerprints at 9 weeks
-A smile at 12 weeks
-Fully developed feet at 10 weeks
-Detectable brain activity at 5 weeks

A human being — one of us — dies in every abortion.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

A thread on cluster munitions for Ukraine:

Western wars of the last 20-30 years have largely been counterinsurgency fights. That means lots of combat in civilian areas. Unexploded bomblets can linger for years. Kids are especially vulnerable. So why support them for Ukraine? /1

[Christopher Shafik @Chrishafik]

An excerpt from my July 4th essay last year on Substack Notes:

https://t.co/mVZDJinqDF

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Remembering chemistry laureate and pioneer in sustainability, John Goodenough, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 100.

Goodenough made crucial contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries, which are used in mobile phones and electric cars.

[Justin Giboney @JustinEGiboney]

Your tribe will always create a narrative that helps you completely avoid accountability.

Reject it.

Sometimes it is your fault. Sometimes your culture is wrong. Sometimes your opponents get it right.

[Paul D. Miller @PaulDMiller2]

Happy Juneteenth. Re-upping this from three years ago.
Juneteenth and the Meaning of the American Experiment by @PaulDMiller2 https://t.co/4tEkHRze9M