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    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

    LibertiesTalk Ep3: Podcast of Liberties a Journal of Culture and Politics

    Shawn McCreesh talks with Celeste Marcus about what it was like to grow up in a suburb of Philadelphia ravaged by the opioid crisis.

    Jan 18, 2021

    LibertiesTalk Ep2: Podcast of Liberties a Journal of Culture and Politics

    Michael Ignatieff, rector of Central European University, chats with Celeste Marcus about what it was like to watch America desecrate its own sacred institutions from Europe, and what that desecration represents for the United States and the world.

    Jan 14, 2021

    LibertiesTalk Ep 1: Podcast of Liberties A Journal of Culture and Politics

    Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss where we are.

    Jan 4, 2021

    Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier Featured in Le Monde

    What’s the current state of freedom of expression? What was the damage of recent of US politics? What’s next? Le Monde asks Leon Wieseltier for his view points.

    Dec 3, 2020

    Peggy Noonan and Leon Wieseltier with Femsplainers’ Danielle Crittenden

    Danielle Crittenden, Peggy Noonan and Liberties’ Leon Wieseltier celebrate a passion for politics and for understanding.

    Nov 24, 2020

    Liberties Publisher Bill Reichblum on Monocle’s The Stack

    A podcast interview with Bill Reichblum on the countercultural approach of Liberties Journal.

    Nov 21, 2020

    The Glenn Show Videocasts with Leon Wieseltier

    Glenn Loury sits down with Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier and lets the sparks of inspiration and insight fly.

    Nov 16, 2020

    Il Folgio with Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier

    Where’s the love in politics? Il Foglio interviews Leon Wieseltier.

    Nov 4, 2020

    What’s New in Publishing with Liberties Publisher Bill Reichblum

    In our age of digital overloads and immediate media, Liberties turns to a tried and true technology.

    Oct 21, 2020

    Liberties Editor Leon Wieseltier on Meghan Daum’s The Unspeakable Podcast

    Can Old-School Intellectualism Make a Comeback In A New Era?

    Oct 12, 2020

    Philly’s Exponent with Liberties Managing Editor Celeste Marcus

    Home town pride and finding the next gen of writers. The Jewish Exponent interviews Celeste Marcus.

    Aug 27, 2020

    Taking—and Making—Liberties

    Three years after #MeToo allegations sank his Laurene Powell Jobs–funded magazine, Leon Wieseltier wants back in.

    Aug 15, 2020

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