Bill Kristol Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Bill Kristol

"The Ukrainians, and especially their president, have made their cause a global one by arguing they fight for a set of universal ideas—for democracy; for patriotism and a respect for the rule of law; for a peaceful Europe; for resistance to dictatorship." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/how-democracy-can-win-ukraine/627125/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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Since Frost wrote “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” in 1922, and since "the darkest evening of the year" would seem to refer to the winter solstice, one might say that one of the most famous of all American poems is 100 years old today. Or tonight. https://t.co/PY3aZJ7Qla

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2. From George Orwell's review of Bertrand Russell’s 'Power: A New Social Analysis,' January 1939. "If there are certain pages of Mr. Bertrand Russell’s book, Power, which seem rather empty, that is merely to say that we have now sunk to a depth...

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Who isn't nostalgic for attractive features of the world of one's youth, or even of a past before that? But about today's misuse of the sweet sentiment of nostalgia this seems apt: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. https://t.co/1Uld76258D

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“Tim Miller’s superb new book, Why We Did It, examines the mind-set of Republican elites. Miller is one of the small number of Republicans who broke completely with the party. Yet his ties…give him insight to those who didn’t join him on the other side.” https://t.co/5KZnUimNYM

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Just saw Ron DeSantis’s book, “The Courage To Be Free,” at Hudson News. You know who’s providing THE example of the courage to be free in today’s world? The people of Ukraine. Whom DeSantis doesn’t support.

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Eric Edelman and @EliotACohen joined by @AaronFriedberg to discuss Aaron’s new book, 'Getting China Wrong'. Why have we underestimated China as a revisionist power? Why did “engagement” fail? What would a different approach to China look like? And more... https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast-episode/did-america-get-china-wrong-with-professor-aaron-friedberg/

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Justice Robert Jackson seems to have been in the news recently, so it occurred to me to look at perhaps his most famous opinion for the Court, in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), at the height of WW2. Well worth re-reading. https://t.co/wOEhV0XRIs https://t.co/1AEWMwJUmz

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From @tikvahfund, Wed. evening Dec. 22, 7:00 pm ET: A staged dramatic reading from Isaac Babel’s 'Red Cavalry' stories. Subscribers will get a private link. Followed by a discussion with Gary Saul Morson, Ruth Wisse, & Natan Sharansky. https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/arts-culture/2021/12/red-cavalry-premiere/

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Stopped by an excellent bookstore in Millerton, N.Y.(remember bookstores?), Oblong Books. Came for a mystery novel (and found 'The Good Cop' by @plsteiner), but stayed to buy 'Why We Did It' for a friend, and to help @Timodc move from #2 on the NYT list now to #1 next week. https://t.co/VM5olhgl2q

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