Matthew Continetti

It was disturbing, to say the least, that while defending her economic illiteracy, AOC displayed historical obliviousness, too. My column this week @WSJFreeEx @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

A very happy pub day to @NoahCRothman! Read this book! amazon.com/Blood-Progress…

What to make of rising political violence in the United States? @Continetti joined Hugh to discuss that as well as the option to resume combat before President Trump youtu.be/e9fkWf4kAFA

Enjoyed my discussion with @RogerPielkeJr on the this important change. Lots of downstream implications still to be resolved.

MORE: Iran’s latest counterproposal does not appear to meet US demands, which have been and continue to be that Iran must give its highly enriched uranium to the United States, dismantle its nuclear facilities, and pause uranium enrichment for at least 20 years. ⬇️

Today: @heymiller on Mark Twain; @SamuelAbramsAEI on conservatives’ affordability messaging; and @RepVanTaylor on the warning for China in Iran. Plus: @matthennessey on Spencer Pratt. on.wsj.com/4dsMZtC

JB Pritzker Admin Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against 'Color Blindness' @peterjhasson @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/democrats/jb-p…

.@continetti joins the @JenningsShow to break down AOC’s latest controversial comments targeting billionaires, free enterprise, and American history. Matthew exposes the ideological shifts driving the modern Left’s anti-wealth rhetoric.

In an essay collection for adult readers, “Make Believe,” children’s author Mac Barnett called out the imagination-killing didacticism of too many kids’ books. O, what a wailing and gnashing of teeth has ensued, writes @MeghanGurdon. Read more: on.wsj.com/4uMrvic

.@continetti: "Reducing economics to a story—one might call it a myth—of oppressor and oppressed also leads to bad history. Consider AOC’s views on the American Revolution." wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

I’m a magazine obsessive, and have been my whole adult life. I’ve read a lot of profiles; this one of Palantir’s Shyam Sankar made me happy. It’s got the kind of long-form writing you’d find in the New Yorker under William Shawn or in classic Fortune or today (I submit) in City Journal. Colossus is doing this often. The biographic detail is informative: from Sankar’s father leaving India for Nigeria in the 1970s and then fleeing Nigeria after a harrowing home invasion, to the family’s bare-bones immigrant experience in Orlando, and then, for Shyam, Catholic school, Cornell, Stanford — and an extraordinary two-decade career at Palantir as, essentially, the man who made all of it actually work, the 13th employee of what is now one of America’s most important companies. “But for Shyam, honestly, I’d still be sitting alone in New Hampshire,” Palantir CEO Alex Karp says. The essay grapples with some big themes— whether America’s democratic institutions can survive technological acceleration or—in the opposite direction—if the systems you’re trying to protect have grown sclerotic with excessive bureaucracy (a theme of Sankar’s new book Mobilize). There’s also wonderful texture: the blazer with a hoodie sewn in, the 10,000-word product critiques called “Shyam Bombs,” the details about Ontology and other Palantir systems and why they’re so valuable. The reader comes away with a vivid sense of one of the most consequential, and least-known, figures in American national security. colossus.com/article/the-pa…

'There has been a dramatic decline in student learning since 2013. It started well before the pandemic, and it is both deep and widespread. This is the central problem in American education.' @natmalkus @AEIeducation @AEI aei.org/education/educ…

'Just as cannabis hasn’t been any kind of panacea for those seeking relief from physical or psychiatric ailments, it also hasn’t brought much in the way of “social justice” for the supposed beneficiaries of legalization.' @NaomiSRiley @AEICosm @AEI aei.org/op-eds/2-myths…

'Mr. Trump has a narrow window in which to end this crisis favorably, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and ensure an economic rebound while securing American interests and prestige. But that requires deploying the full spectrum of American power.' @sethcropsey wsj.com/opinion/how-to… via @WSJopinion

No doubt Adams kept Aaron’s model in mind as his own political career advanced. He would seek to emulate Aaron’s elocution upon being elected president, bringing the High Priest’s legacy with him to the White House. jewishjournal.com/judaism/388530…

'Mr. Gore is perhaps long past the point of caring about his public reputation; when you’ve pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars by selling distortion and hysteria, you might as well chuckle at your successes instead of dwelling on your failures.' Instant classic from @rkylesmith @WSJFreeEx wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

If you missed it yesterday, check out this awesome review of “Blood & Progress” from @ighaworth in @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/politics/left-…

'Some Things Are Just Not Forgivable': Hamawy Is Denounced by 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Survivors Who Are Appalled a Friend of the Blind Sheikh May Soon Be in Congress @LevineJonathan @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/democrats/some…

Churchill and the Crown by Ted Powell - review by Piers Brendon literaryreview.co.uk/top-hat-rubber… via @Lit_Review