Trump a la Carte: An Interview with Richard Epstein
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Reuvain Borchardt interviews Richard Epstein for the February 2025 issue of Hamodia magazine.
Interviewer: I'd like to ask you about these executive actions that Trump has been taking.
Epstein: G-d help us. Well, at least on some, but not the others.
It’s called Trump a la carte. That means when you look at a menu of Trump items, you take some and reject others, because he’s such a dizzying purveyor of both good sense and utter incompetence that it’s very hard to take a uniform response.
If you’re on the left, he’s just pure incompetence. If you’re relatively conservative, there are many things that you approve of.
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Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville
This article explores Leo Strauss’s thoughts on Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1954 “Natural Right” course transcript.
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Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas
Here we press the question of whether the well-documented stream of migrants relocating from California to Texas has been sufficient to alter the political complexion of the destination state.
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Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts
Although there is a consensus that personalized forms of campaign outreach are more likely to be effective at either mobilizing or even persuading voters, there remains uncertainty about how campaigns should implement get-out-the-vote (GOTV) programs, especially at a truly expansive scale.
The Claim That Trump Is Causing a Constitutional Crisis Ignores a Key Reality
Claims of an ongoing constitutional crisis are overblown.
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The Climate Has Changed on Climate Change
It’s time to look dispassionately at climate change as just one of the many challenges facing humanity.
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
Controlling federal budget deficits is a national imperative that will require reductions in entitlement spending (including Medicaid) and stronger economic growth (including from tax reform).
