Orgies, amphetamines, stabbings, and an even more scandalous turn to the right: @juliadyost and I discuss how Norman Podhoretz survived the sixties and defined the decades that followed. https://t.co/FQaC1CiLSg

“In Mamdani, then, we see a synthesis of anti-capitalism and identitarianism that more closely resembles ideological developments in postcolonial polities than American traditions.” Greg Conti on Zohran Mamdani: https://t.co/JoLc5nqi7V

In 2019, Mexico’s leftwing president decided that government-subsidized childcare centers were full of corruption and inefficiency. So he cut their funding and sent it directly to families. The US should do the same. https://t.co/Hxo2y3mmMe

In 2016, Mamdani’s director of appointments wrote: “It’s important that white people feel defeated.” In 2018, his housing advisor wrote: “Impoverish the *white* middle class.” Mamdani’s own platform called for raising taxes on “richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

You can assume it’s an unfortunate coincidence that Mamdani surrounds himself with people who say things like this. Or you can conclude that he does so for a simple reason: It’s part of his outlook. https://t.co/qcxK0jy6IV

@nayibbukele President Bukele: I had the pleasure of visiting your country around the time of your reelection and wrote about it (I requested an interview at the time but imagine you were very busy). I think you will find what I wrote was balanced and gave credit to your administration for

Look South, America. John Londregan warns against the tendency of foreign-policy elites to treat Latin America dismissively. https://t.co/XMIw1tipLn

Trump is seeking to build a new Pax Americana, @ccutrone1970 argues. https://t.co/vK6LSPQvEq

Everyone notices we’re in the era of Sunbelt politics but the Donroe Doctrine is the beginning of Florida-tinged foreign policy. Hard not to notice this administration is dominated by Floridians, with Marco Rubio having been the youngest Speaker of the Florida House and the

The recent US operation was a straightforward violation of Venezuelan sovereignty. The irony, though, is that Maduro himself was guilty of similar violations in neighboring nations—which helped seal his fate by alienating onetime allies. @rojasrjuand: https://t.co/fruUU6jSa2

Compact: The Rise of Militant Centrism

"An unconscious choice was made about where the costs of multicultural policies would fall. Risk was pushed downward, far away from the governing class." Ten years after the Cologne New Year's Eve sexual assaults, @redrumlisa assesses the fallout: https://t.co/DRQRVZHF1Y

This podcast with @juliadyost and @matthewschmitz Against the Grain is terrific. Highly recommended.

Norman Podhoretz believed there was no contradiction between being a patriotic American and a proud Jew. He was right. https://t.co/6GTRpUvZXu

Norman, Conqueror

Also recommend @JonathanLSilver’s interview with Ruth Wisse https://t.co/A7qEwvhPrL

Since 1986, the Supreme Court has required states to create majority-minority districts where possible. The legal scholar @jacob_eisler argues that this has been bad for minorities and American democracy. https://t.co/0chBYJs0nj

For our year-end reading post @firstthingsmag, I commend Henry Mayhew’s great oral history, London Labour and the London Poor. https://t.co/pkAPmveg2o

The latest budget proposal from the European Commission proposes a 600 percent increase in NGO funding. https://t.co/CnbRq2cmLF

@compactmag_ Gov. @RonDeSantis responds