“Illiberal left ideology has its greatest strength on campuses because campuses are one of the few places in American life where a certain kind of far-left politics can actually impose hegemony on other ideas and really control the discourse in a way it can't in most places in American life where even moderate liberals are more of a minority.” WayKindIdeasCertainLeftIdeologyMinoritiesDiscourseModeratesCampusAmerican LifeHegemony Author:Jonathan Chait
“In the long run, however much damage we come through, Obama's vision is the one that's going to be left standing. It's a question of how much pain and suffering America has to endure in the meantime.” LongRunningPainAmericaSufferingLeftVisionStandingEndureDamageLong RunsPain And Suffering Author:Jonathan Chait
“Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic position within the world and an inexorable demographic decline. The operation in Gaza is not Netanyahu’s strategy in excess; it is Netanyahu’s strategy in its entirety. The liberal Zionist, two-state vision with which I identify, which once commanded a mainstream position within Israeli political life has been relegated to a left-wing rump within it.” Has BeensTwoStatesPoliticalLeftVisionPositionStrategyWingsEndlessOperationsExcessMainstreamIsraeliCoalitionsDiplomaticLeft WingZionistGazaPolitical LifeEntiretyBackdropDeterioratingCounterinsurgency Author:Jonathan Chait