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James Bennet

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Lexington columnist, The Economist

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The problem isn’t with speech — it’s with listening: from @TheEconomist
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Among the lessons Trump learned from Roy Cohn. Why do Democrats keep helping Trump? from TheEconomist
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Really strong case that declinism itself is a big threat to America's unappreciated prosperity and dynamism:
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"That calm confidence in its capacity to deceive is a mark of the mature ruling class. This accounts for its wild fury when it runs up against the type which never pays any attention to its most solemn protestations." -- C.L.R. James
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The Civil War “can still be lost.” @KenBurns quotes Barbara Fields. So great to read him here:
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They may all have their finger to the wind, but at least that means that the wind is blowing in the right direction.
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'“It’s the first time I ever heard of a Secret Service detail having to go to these extremes to find a bathroom,” said one law enforcement official familiar with the situation.'
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Australia is recruiting workers in British pubs...a German butcher hires an apprentice from India...but "the US remains an outlier"
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“Americans are not the ones who will suffer most from the terrible damage....”
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"All of the nation’s top Cabinet departments overseeing the nation’s security are run by acting officials who have been in the job just weeks—or even hours."
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“The killer whales must have each grabbed one pectoral fin and pulled, until the sharks tore down the middle.”
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In the UK passengers are entitled to a partial refund if their train is delayed. @amtrak should have the same incentive.
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With a handy preface that'll work for any candidate of either party:
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@asymmetricinfo The Industry Standard, I believe.
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@jessewegman @BrentNYT Because you ONLY write your stuff under tight deadlines.
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@Andrew_Marshall I wish I had! But I learned a lot from @NKingofDC 's amazing experience.
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@daveweigel His description of Keats is one of the most brutal takedowns of all time of workaday news reporters, and it should haunt us all.
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