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There's nothing Artificial about our Intelligence

    Jack Goldsmith (V1Iss2) in NYT: Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland’s Shoes.

    NYT Link The evidence gathered by the Jan. 6 committee and in some of the federal cases against those involved in the Capitol attack pose for Attorney General Merrick Garland one of the most consequential questions that any attorney general has ever faced: Should the United States indict former President Donald Trump?

    Jun 20, 2022

    Samuel Moyn (V2Iss2) in WaPo: Counting on the Supreme Court to uphold key rights was always a mistake

    WaPo Link Not since Roe v. Wade came down in 1973 have the threats to basic women’s rights in this country been more serious. The situation reflects a flaw in our political system: The Supreme Court has been allowed to usurp the place of national majorities in envisioning and enacting the highest values of American citizenship — the rights we hold.

    Jun 19, 2022

    Sean Wilentz’s Liberties essay “The Tyranny of the Majority” (V2iss1) mentioned in The Hill

    Princeton University’s Sean Wilentz, in an essay in Liberties Journal, writes of the “unsettling similarities” between the Trump-inspired Jan. 6 mob assault on the Capitol to overturn the presidential election and the events leading to the Southern secession causing the Civil War. He writes, “The secessionists committed treason by repudiating the democratic Union; but the Trump Republicans committed something akin to treason by repudiating democracy itself.”

    Oct 28, 2021

    Elliot Ackerman (V1Iss4) on the RealClear Defense podcast discussing Afghanistan

    Elliot Ackerman on the Withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Sep 9, 2021

    Elliot Ackerman (Vol1No4) describes what he and other veterans are doing to save allies still stuck in Afghanistan after US Withdrawal

    For the past two weeks, I’ve worked alongside an ad hoc group of veterans, journalists and activists with connections to Afghanistan who are trying to coordinate the evacuation of not just our Afghan friends but also strangers, like Ahmad and N., whose lives are under imminent threat.

    Aug 28, 2021

    An interview with Liberties’ great friends fighting for liberty in Belarus

    Interview with human rights activists Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin, founders of Belarus Free Theatre.

    Aug 13, 2021

    Politics and Prose with Maureen Dowd: A Discussion on Culture & Politics with Liberties Journal

    Join New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, “Liberties” Editor Leon Wieseltier, and Managing Editor Celeste Marcus for this enlightening discussion.

    Jul 19, 2021

    Russian authorities just arrested an entire conference hall full of people. I was one of them. (Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vol1No3)

    “As the forum was getting underway, several dozen police officers marched into the conference room. The commanding officer seized the floor… and announced that our meeting was ‘illegal’ and that all its participants were being taken into police custody. The initial burst of laughter from the audience quickly changed to chants of “shame” and “fascists” as officers grabbed each of us by the arms and escorted us outside to waiting prisoner vans.”

    Mar 18, 2021

    Mexico’s President May Be Just Months Away From Gaining Total Control (Enrique Krauze, Vol1No3)

    “The year 2022 will mark 200 years of official relations between Mexico and the United States. But before we’re able to celebrate this milestone, we must first work to safeguard freedom, democracy and the rule of law in Mexico under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s illiberal rule.”

    Mar 16, 2021

    Beyond Black History Month (Thomas Chatterton Williams, Vol1No1)

    “American society is more willing than ever before to speak out against racism and to embrace Black history, but we continue to make the fatal mistake of taking the concept of race itself for granted.”

    Mar 2, 2021

    I called up my would-be killer. He didn’t want to talk. (Vladimir Kara-Murza; Vol1No3)

    “[F]or a few seconds, I listened to the voice of the man whose job, it appears, is to physically eliminate people like myself, opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” This month, after an investigation conducted by Bellingcat, the Insider, and Der Spiegel identified the operatives likely responsible for attempting to poison him, Vladimir Kara-Murza called one of the men who tried to kill him.

    Feb 24, 2021

    Agent non provocateur How Žižek was tamed by Covid-19 (Becca Rothfeld; Vol1No3)

    For the TLS, Becca Rothfeld reviews Slavoj Zizek’s monograph Pandemic!.

    Feb 24, 2021

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