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View More NewsThis week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s admission that “Woke 1 was crazy” and whether the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) new focus on affordability represents a genuine break from the politics of 2020. They debate whether progressives have actually moved on from the excesses of the pandemic era, whether the DSA’s economic agenda is any more workable, and why affordability has become such a potent message on the left. The editors also examine how the cost of living is driving infighting on the right, from the online battle over $20 burritos to the larger…
The Columbia Police Department (CPD) wants South Carolinians to know that it has zero tolerance for “hate speech,” and that’s a problem. Last week, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment organization, sent Columbia’s police chief a letter after the CPD posted an image on Facebook with text that says, “WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HATE SPEECH.” The image, posted on June 25, also features a police officer holding a phone that says “BLOCK LIST LOADING.” In the post’s caption, the CPD wrote, “We have seen an increase in vulgar, racist, threatening, bullying, and disrespectful comments…
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In late November 2023, seven weeks after Hamas’s 7 October terrorist attacks, I attended a private roundtable at the Jordanian Embassy in London. There, Ambassador Manar Dabbas discussed the unfolding regional catastrophe with the composure of someone reviewing the previous night’s football scores. Some 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians, had been murdered; around 250 had been taken hostage into Gaza; and pro-terror rhetoric was spreading across the world. But at this juncture, Dabbas emphasised the importance of de-escalation and the need for Israeli restraint. With respect to Jordan’s position, he remarked: “We sometimes joke among ourselves that we are…
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