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.
New York’s Surging New Leftist Tide Is a Chilling Warning to the West
The rise in support for Zohran Mamdani illustrates how an alliance of immigrants and the young urban precariat is taking on capitalism.
Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Depends on American Oil
Trump has found his own formula — based largely on America’s tech savvy and energy abundance — to intimidate enemies and control friends.
Will Platonic Guardians End Mass Incarceration?
Reviewing Rachel Elise Barkow's "Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration."
The Lion Rises and the Eagle Soars
Israel’s operation, whatever its ultimate outcome in geopolitical terms, has already delivered a statement for the ages.
