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Why is Trump destroying the economy?

1 month ago | shadihamid.net | Shadi Hamid |Damir Marusic

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The End of the Beginning

1 month ago | shadihamid.net | Shadi Hamid |Ross Barkan

To mark the re-launch of my newsletter (more on that here), I hosted a special livestream with one of my favorite writers, Ross Barkan, columnist for New York magazine. We talked about the chilling case of Mahmoud Khalil, the rise and fall of “woke” culture, and whether there might be any silver linings to the Trump era. The Case of Mahmoud Khalil and the Limits of DemocracySubscribe to Ross’ substack “Political Current” here. Join me for my next live video in the app.
The Agonist is going live!

2 months ago | shadihamid.net | Shadi Hamid |Ross Barkan

To mark the re-launch of my newsletter, I’m hosting a special livestream tonight with the greatmagazine and author of the Substack “.” Ross is one of my favorite writers, and one of the very few who seems incapable of writing a bad piece. Here’son the case for reading. Subscribe to his substackWe’ll be doing it today at 5pm ET. Join us! We’ll be talking about how to make sense of our odd (and increasingly frightening) political moment. To watch on your computer, you’ll get an email when we go live.
How to Check Your Privilege

2 months ago | shadihamid.net | Shadi Hamid |Sam Kriss |Clay Shirky

This is an expanded essay based on a previous short post on why smartphones are good. I hope you enjoy it. Yesterday, I re-launched this newsletter under the new name The Agonist. More on that here. I’m really excited to be writing here more often and I look forward to engaging with more of you in the coming weeks and months. — Shadi Some of us have benefited from the status quo. Others haven’t.
The Universal and the Particular

2 months ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid |Peter Beinart

With the Gaza ceasefire possibly collapsing any minute, we return to the topic of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks and the ensuing war in the Holy Land. Specifically, and discuss the tension between a belief in universal human rights, on the one hand, and allegiance to one’s ethnic and religious roots, on the other. Joining Shadi and Damir is friend of Wisdom of Crowds, opinion writer for the New York Times and editor-at-large of the magazine, Jewish Currents.
The Message and the Messenger

2 months ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Shadi Hamid |Damir Marusic |Madeleine Kearns

Vice President JD Vance’s address at the Munich Security Conference last week was a bit wild. Actually, it was savage, as put it recently. You can read the full transcript here. The condemnations from American liberals and much of the mainstream media came fast and strong. This wasn’t what an American vice president was supposed to do. In other words: norms. Although it’s becoming harder to tell whether norms are a means to an end or an end unto themselves.
The Scramble Before the Storm

Feb 2, 2025 | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid |Christine Emba

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -47:06Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. “The weird right wing men are coming out to the fore in joy,” announces . “They’re strutting more than they did in 2016,” observes . “The counter-elite is becoming the elite,” says Shadi. “There is gonna be a bloodbath,” says Damir: “They will soon be drinking from a fire hydrant of sewage.”Two weeks have passed since the Trump inauguration, as well as its attendant galas, balls and parties.
The Case for 'Democratic Minimalism'

Nov 23, 2024 | shadihamid.net | Shadi Hamid |Michael Bird |Sam Adler-Bell

Here’s a thoughtful review by the writer and Anglican priest of my 2022 book The Problem of Democracy, which is about how to think about democracy when it produces “bad” outcomes, as it inevitably will.
Ancient spiritual insights for modern political grief

Nov 18, 2024 | shadihamid.net | Shadi Hamid

In my new Washington Post column [free link], I make what for some might be a controversial claim — that religion is more closely aligned with reality and our perception of it than non-religion is. Why is religion particularly well-placed to help us confront loss? First, all the major faith traditions acknowledge in no uncertain terms that suffering, defeat, failure, and pain are intrinsic to the human experience.
Democrats took minority voters for granted. It cost them the election.

Nov 10, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Shadi Hamid

Shadi Hamid is a Washington Post columnist. He is also a research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary and the author of several books, including “The Problem of Democracy” and “Islamic Exceptionalism.” Special to The Washington Post

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