HeyJaredLet's Talk Politics
These are short discussions of various aspects of American politics in particular and the nature of politics and political affairs generally.
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Now This Is Genuinely Scary (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowThe events of January 6, 2021, were bad enough—they constituted no “peaceful protest” but, rather, an insurrection against the Constitutional process for the transfer of power.This week in the Atlantic, however, we find a genuinely scary story titled: “The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms.” If you have access, read this.According to the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/martial_l
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowI’m no political innocent, but the state and local political ads I’ve been seeing here in Iowa have been astoundingly negative. It would shock me to learn that this is not the case across the rest of the country.We might plausibly surmise that this is why almost all tv remotes have a mute button. Despite my professional interest, I’ve already reached the point of muting any political ad that appears on my television. Apparently, any message worth broadcasting
Semi-random Thoughts on Class (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowWith our upcoming Labor Day weekend, it might be useful to suggest some thoughts about class, a concept that has appeared a lot in the last few years in response to the success of Donald Trump’s Republican party in attracting the support of a particular voting bloc traditionally associated with the Democratic party.A Politico poll this week
With All that Money, Are They Really Talking to You? (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowAs you may have noticed—and you’d need to be in a coma not to have noticed—we have already been subjected to an intense campaign advertising on numerous broadcast and cable television channels since at least July.One reason is the anticipated highly competitive nature of the 2026 midterm elections. Woe unto a losing candidate’s campaign manager who still has money in the bank on election day.And there is, simply, an obscenely “ginormous” amount of campa
Uh, I thought that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowRemember your Western Civilization history course? You’ll recall that when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517, he initiated the Reformation along with John Calvin in Switzerland and spawned the 16th- and 17th-century wars of religion. Aside from the politics, much of those wars had to do with what the “real” Christianity was.</spa
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