Chris Cook
@professorcook
Associate Professor of Political Science University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."-- Steve Biko
As someone who has gone to archives & looked up foreign policy documents of different Administratoons. Are future generations required to read this? Is this post going to be in a Presidential Library? Is some grad student going to have to footnnote this thing in a thesis on Trump's foreign policy?
It amazes me that in the year of our Lord 2026 we have an Administration lying about a nation's nuclear weapons program to justify regime change. Haven't we seen this film before?
How can the Maduro Government of Venezuela, recognized as the legitimate government the world over, and holding a seat at the United Nations be designated a "foreign terrorist organization?" When part of the definition of terrorism is that they are ***non-state actors.***
I am still not sure how principled small government Conservatism became this. The obvious answer is that none of these people ever truly held those convictions. But damn...
Can you imagine being so successful and yet so petty? Maye is a UNC grad. UNC should celebrate him for lots of reasons: recruitment, alumni base, or at the very least just cheering on and wishing well for all the alumni players. Bill is clearly tone deaf on how college sports works.
Fox News. Where even sports reporting centralizes tabloidization w/ hint of culture wars-- and then adds as an afterthought the Bears won. In Kinkhabwala's defense (I sadly read the article) she cut through all the BS "coach speech" and put what he said into simple English.
Here is a crazy thought-- instead of presenting a "both-sides" headline-- you just start with the clear Constitutional violation. It always amazes that people with no knowledge of the First Amendment can have their wrong opinions sanitized by newspapers in the name of "fairness and balance."
So which is it New York Times? Liberal or Left-wing? They are NOT the same thing. They are not the same thing at all.
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother reading the news at all. One horrible event after another. Here is my politics: the US should not own an equity stake in Intel; and it sure as hell should not own a piece of the Gaza Strip.
Funny thing, Johnson (who is not from Texas) is not caught in a tough spot. He is a member of the House and his first Constitutional duty is to the House. The President has nothing to do with drawing Congressional borders. )Why is the Constitution so hard to understand?
May 30, 1969: A part time Columbia student set himself on fire in front of the United Nations to protest the genocide in Biafra. It is like the world never changes. Later in the article, he had told his Rabbi that he had written to President Nixon and others but it seemed "no one was listening."
America needs an unflinching investigation into the creation of a police state. But as you can see the Washington Post is more concerned with Biden's mental health than the collapse of the Constitution.
A bombshell? How dare 18 y/o Mamdani do such a thing. By the way his SAT score is higher than mine's. I got an 890. But in my defense I went to see Slayer & Motohead that night. I was so excited I blew through the exam as quickly as possible. Years later I have a Ph.D. and I saw Slayer & Motorhead
I use em-dash's all the time. Not sure how or why I developed that habit. The dead give away for AI, besides the soulless perfect writing are the sources. The proof is always in the sources.
Fantastic. Who needs college when your mind works like steel trap? I am sure the guy believes that "all lives matter" too.
One of the greatest self inflicted wounds I might ever see. Cheered on by a public that: 1) incorrectly thinks foreign aid is 25% of budget; & 2) the parochial idea that a dollar spent abroad means it is not a dollar going to Americans. Weaponizing ignorance. Weakening America.
Didn't Trump say America was just a big department store and he fixes the prices?
As far as I can tell the only source for this ceasefire was Trump's private social media post. A source, that can either be the official oracle of the Administration; or the musings of a private citizen "just asking questions" or being provacative. Who knows?