John Halpin

1 week ago | liberalpatriot.com | John Halpin |Michael Baharaeen |Ruy Teixeira

🤝 "How to Prevent Political Violence," by Amanda Ripley. Following the assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker last week (and the near assassination of another), Americans are facing the specter of increased political violence yet again. As this leads nowhere good—and fast—it is imperative that cooler heads and saner voices prevail. Enter journalist Amanda Ripley, who has written extensively about American polarization, tribal conflict, and their consequences.

2 weeks ago | liberalpatriot.com | John Halpin |Ruy Teixeira |Michael Baharaeen

⚡️ “After the Green Vortex: Why Energy Policy Bipartisanship Could Be Closer Than We Think,” by Ted Nordhaus. If you read just one article on the future of energy policy, let it be this one from The Breakthrough Institute’s Substack. Absolutely lucid and entirely correct.

3 weeks ago | liberalpatriot.com | John Halpin |Ruy Teixeira |Michael Baharaeen

ūüďį ‚ÄúDisdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice,‚ÄĚ by Michael Sandel. An oldie but a goodie‚ÄĒone that remains as relevant as ever. In the lead-up to the 2020 election, Harvard philosophy professor Michael Sandel argued that the Democratic Party, whose coalition is home to a growing number of credentialed professionals, had erroneously come to believe that the only way for people to get ahead in a post-industrial age was through more formal education.

4 weeks ago | liberalpatriot.com | John Halpin |Ruy Teixeira |Michael Baharaeen

📖 “American Realignment,” by Patrick Ruffini. In The Atlantic, TLP friend Patrick Ruffini examines the evidence about whether or not there is a “realignment” going on in American politics. Ruffini believes there is:Today, machine politics are not held in high esteem. But they did have a way of finding overlooked voting blocs and putting them under protection.

1 month ago | liberalpatriot.com | Ruy Teixeira |Michael Baharaeen |John Halpin

ūüó£ÔłŹ ‚ÄúPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt‚Äôs Memorial Day Address at Gettysburg,‚ÄĚ delivered on May 30, 1934. FDR commemorated Memorial Day (before it was changed by Congress to the last Monday in May) with a speech at the Gettysburg battlefields to remind Americans that our nation had survived the Civil War and would hopefully do the same with the Great Depression.