Robert Wright
Author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, Why Buddhism Is True. EIC @NonzeroNews, @Bloggingheads, @MeaningLifeTV. Visiting Prof of Science & Religion @UnionSeminary
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The Realist Case for Impeachment
The U.S. president needs the public’s trust to conduct foreign policy. Donald Trump has forfeited it.
Robert Wright
Interesting argument for impeachment by @stephenWalt. Differs from the one I make in this week's @NonzeroNews - nonzero.substack.com/p/nzn08-make-i… - but the two arguments share the idea that impeachment *shouldn't* be premised on a particular foreign policy ideology. foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/27/the…
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A Novel Retells the Assassinations that Marked the End of the Cold War in El Salvador
“November,” a newly translated novel by Jorge Galán, retells the execution of six Jesuit priests by El Salvador’s U.S.-backed right-wing military.
Make impeachment great again!
Welcome to NZN! In this issue I: (1) argue that the standard framing of the impeachment issue is fraught with peril; (2) compare and contrast Democratic presidential candidates’ statements about this week’s Israel-Gaza conflict; (3) talk about a...
Robert Wright
In this week's Nonzero Newsletter I (among other things) argue that Adam Schiff et al should drop the Cold War framing of impeachment. nonzero.substack.com/p/nzn08-make-i… pic.twitter.com/OodmKls46G
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Robert Wright
Interesting argument for impeachment by @stephenWalt. Differs from the one I make in this week's @NonzeroNews - nonzero.substack.com/p/nzn08-make-i… - but the two arguments share the idea that impeachment *shouldn't* be premised on a particular foreign policy ideology. foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/27/the…
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RealClearPolitics - Election 2020 - 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination
RealClearPolitics - Election 2020 - 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination
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Of the three Dem frontrunners, the only one trending up in the polls over the past month is Bernie
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The Pentagon’s Invisible Man Is Winning Washington’s Power Game
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is quiet, deferential—and on his way to becoming the Trump administration’s most influential player.
‘I Assume the Presidency’: Bolivia Lawmaker Declares Herself Leader
With the country left leaderless, Senator Jeanine Añez Chavez said she was taking power. But ousted President Evo Morales vowed to fight on.
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Robert Wright
Part II of my @bloggingheads interview with @jacklgoldsmith about his fascinating and important book In Hoffa's Shadow is up (& also available on The Wright Show podcast feed)
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Jimmy Hoffa and the Surveillance State | Robert Wright & Jack Goldsmith [The Wright Show]
0:15 Jack’s discovery that his stepfather Chuckie was illegally surveilled by the feds 7:36 J. Edgar Hoover and the origins of FBI surveillance 22:38 Robert ...
The Wright Show: What Happened to Jimmy Hoffa? (Robert Wright & Jack Goldsmith) on Apple Podcasts
Show The Wright Show, Ep What Happened to Jimmy Hoffa? (Robert Wright & Jack Goldsmith) - Nov 4, 2019
Why Did Chuck Schumer Call Peter King His “Principled” Friend?
Rep. Peter King is not a “moderate” Republican.
Empathy Is Tearing Us Apart
Americans are as polarized as they've ever been. Could the problem be that we're caring for each other too much?
Trump’s latest hastening of the apocalypse
Welcome to another NZN! This week I (1) assess Trump’s recent contributions to the approach of the apocalypse, and put them in historical perspective; (2) take a deep dive into a new study which suggests that empathy (yes, empathy) is deepening...
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Robert Wright
This week's Nonzero Newsletter is out! In it I, among other things, assess Trump's latest burst of hastening the apocalypse. nonzero.substack.com/p/nzn07-trumps… pic.twitter.com/6jp4d6QXV0
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Robert Wright
If the Nonzero Newsletter were a magazine, this is what the cover of the latest issue--nonzero.substack.com/p/nzn07-trumps… --would look like. (Courtesy of @NikitaSPetrov , who created the art in this week's newsletter.) pic.twitter.com/c1TvWK5jEY
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Grace-Filled Naturalism (Robert Wright & Roger Haight) - The Wright Show
Why Pope John Paul II did not like Roger's book Jesus Symbol of God ... Roger's new book, Faith and Evolution: Grace-Filled Naturalism ... The intractability of the problem of evil ... Ways to understand God not as a big person in the sky ... Is...
Grace-Filled Naturalism | Robert Wright & Roger Haight [The Wright Show]
1:11 Why Pope John Paul II did not like Roger’s book Jesus Symbol of God 7:49 Roger’s new book, Faith and Evolution: Grace-Filled Naturalism 12:00 The intrac...
What Happened to Jimmy Hoffa? | Robert Wright & Jack Goldsmith [The Wright Show]
0:41 Jack’s new book, In Hoffa’s Shadow 7:11 Jimmy Hoffa’s real accomplishments as a labor leader 14:25 Chuckie O’Brien, Jack’s stepfather and Hoffa’s right-...
Robert Wright
I had a great time talking with @jacklgoldsmith about his new book In Hoffa's Shadow, a truly fascinating account of his strange personal connection to Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance. You can watch on @bloggingheads-- youtube.com/watch?v=6P3cj5… --or listen on The Wright Show podcast.
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The brutal phone videos that could show war crimes
Mobile phone footage allegedly shows violence and killings targeting Kurdish fighters in Syria.
Trump’s Opposition to ‘Endless Wars’ Appeals to Those Who Fought Them
A majority of veterans regret the wars fought after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. President Trump and Congress are listening.
Adam Neumann and the Art of Failing Up
WeWork’s chief risk-taker found a kindred spirit with an open checkbook: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. Now he’s walking away from the wreckage with more than $1 billion.
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Robert Wright
My goal in life is to screw things up on such a large scale that someone will pay me $1 billion to go away.
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Last Major Nuclear Arms Pact Could Expire With No Replacement, Russia Says
The treaty, disliked by President Trump, will run out in 14 months — and there is too little time to hammer out a new one, a Russian official said.