“Making Makers” (Finch) is another book worth reading for the back story on the first two.

Two reasons “New Makers of Modern Strategy (edited by Hal Brands) is superior to Makers I (Earle) & II (Paret): 1) chapters like this one ☝️ bring new perspectives (beyond standard Euro/US-centric), and; 2) considering strategy (also like ☝️) across all elements of power, in competition and conflict.

Starting Saturday morning with coffee and Tecumseh. Really enjoying this chapter in “whole of society strategy” in the “New Makers” by @kschake.bsky.social.

We love maps, and the stories they tell:

A good reminder that when we hear about “money for Ukraine”, much of it is spent in our own communities, creating jobs in the United States, and growing our own defense industrial base.

ESemsetc.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 12:34am

If you have to work on Sunday, this is a pretty great thing to do (will thread links to Zelensky's tweets/pix below).

I helped write a book on the U.S. trade deficit, and @dieworkwear.bsky.social explains this better than I ever could.

DGdieworkwear.bsky.socialSep 11, 2024 5:23am

Some misinformation in today's US presidential debate about who bears the cost of tariffs. So let's talk about how tariffs affect what you pay for a suit. 🧵 (1/20)

I always boil extra water for coffee (French Press) and pour boiling water down the drain just to kill drain flies. Pasta, coffee, we all find ways to put our vices to use for good.

That makes sense. I guess my question would be better stated by asking if one of the poles had shifted so far from its position of the last several generations that the conservative-progressive spectrum no longer applies.

Perhaps it is worth questioning if the left-right political spectrum paradigm as we’ve known it for 70+ years still applies? Polarization implies movement to the extremes on that spectrum, which the author rightly points out has weaknesses as an explanation.

NGnicholasgrossman.bsky.socialSep 9, 2024 2:58pm

"Polarization fails as an adequate explanation of the American political landscape today, because the two parties now disagree over the basic facts and nature of democracy itself." Good piece by @juliaazari.bsky.social on one of the most overused, and frankly laziest, terms in political discourse.

Polarization is not the biggest threat to American democracy

The term is commonly used but fails to describe the hostility between many Republicans and Democrats ahead of the presidential election. Instead, American politics faces a deeper crisis, writes Julia ...

Seems like a reasonable snack. All things in moderation.

a mason jar filled with a bloody mary with chicken and avocado on top

ALT: a mason jar filled with a bloody mary with chicken and avocado on top