Feb 17, 2022Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton, Jay Berman
There are people in Ukraine, Georgia, and other countries formerly of the Soviet Union that are taking note of some of this populist isolationism being peddled throughout the political spectrum. And they take this really personally, especially given how much support and goodwill they've shown to the United States and other liberal democracies. I hope that Americans of good will and faith can actively participate in the primaries of both major parties, and support candidates who reject this kind of naive and dangerous isolationism. Kudos to President Biden for not kowtowing to this ascendant isolationist view, and holding firm against Russia. As a conservative, I've agreed with our President on very little, to be frank. But there is something to be said for politics stopping at the water's edge.
The NYT indeed was on the wrong side in their reporting of Sarah Palin. But I think the verdict is correct, keeping with the necessity of having a high legal standard for demonstrable defamation. That bar is kept high as to not unduly infringe on free speech and press rights in a way that violates 1A. Otherwise, we would be subject to so many frivolous lawsuits having effective veto power over constitutionally guaranteed rights.
There are people in Ukraine, Georgia, and other countries formerly of the Soviet Union that are taking note of some of this populist isolationism being peddled throughout the political spectrum. And they take this really personally, especially given how much support and goodwill they've shown to the United States and other liberal democracies. I hope that Americans of good will and faith can actively participate in the primaries of both major parties, and support candidates who reject this kind of naive and dangerous isolationism. Kudos to President Biden for not kowtowing to this ascendant isolationist view, and holding firm against Russia. As a conservative, I've agreed with our President on very little, to be frank. But there is something to be said for politics stopping at the water's edge.
The NYT indeed was on the wrong side in their reporting of Sarah Palin. But I think the verdict is correct, keeping with the necessity of having a high legal standard for demonstrable defamation. That bar is kept high as to not unduly infringe on free speech and press rights in a way that violates 1A. Otherwise, we would be subject to so many frivolous lawsuits having effective veto power over constitutionally guaranteed rights.
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