On Lawfare Daily, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social sat down with @weissmann.substack.com to discuss his new book, “Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America,” falsehoods in political discourse, and how to possibly disincentivize lies on the campaign trail. youtu.be/_Eqgz8xroHc
Even if this awful “content” does limit itself to western civilization, I’m quite sure Kenneth Clark has nothing to fear.
Regardless, history needs more readers, researchers, and archivists. The discipline doesn’t need influencers, and it certainly does not need AI augmentation.
If this is going to be stuck in my head for days on end, you all deserve the same fate.
The Wrens were pretty much the closest thing that indie rock had to a Veblen good.
Maybe Hegseth inadvertently leading Mike Lee to the arguments of Voltaire’s “Treatise on Toleration” is a good thing; perhaps Brendan Carr might edge him towards Milton’s “Areopagitica.”
These are the people who claim to be in favor of a canon-based education, after all.