Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania)
The most valuable debates are the ones where the participants disagree. @MazMHussain and I are far apart on US and Israeli policy, but I always find his arguments interesting. I’ll be talking to him at 5ET about Iran, Syria, Gaza and more. Join us at the link below. ...
A recent essay by @MazMHussain argues that Israel is destined to be at war with Muslim countries indefinitely into the future, no matter what happens in Gaza and Iran. Is this true? Join us tomorrow for a stream at 5ET to discuss. Link to set the reminder below. ...
I’ll be debating the Middle East with Murtaza Hussain at 5ET today. We have polar opposite views on most things having to do with American and Israeli policy, so it should be fun. ...
You don’t have to know the exact population of every country. But I think for all major countries you need to be able to be within 20-30% of the right number off the top of your head to be informed. If you think France has 300 million or China has 60 million your worldview is going to be distorted...
Trump posts a message from Ambassador Mike Huckabee on Truth Social. Sounds like they're getting excited to go in. ...
Iran reports that the head of IRGC was killed. Israel believes it took out the chief of the Iranian military, along with other leaders. Multiple top nuclear scientists killed. Just complete destruction. I don’t know how the regime doesn’t just die of shame at this point....
Interesting @AlexEpstein reading Yglesias post on energy policy changes in the BBB and fact checking some of the claims. I’d be interested in a more substantive debate on the wind and solar subsidies. ...
What’s annoying about this is not that these people are wrong. Many people are wrong about many things. It’s that such nonsense about “carrying capacity” has no connection to anything else conservatives are supposed to believe. This is the split between elite and populist movements. The populists ...
The irony of Yarvin is that he's always preached an elitist message while being the most beloved intellectual of those with poor reading skills. This is Nietzschean Chuddery, the natural state of every far right movement. ...