Aspects of Fouad Ajami’s method are inimitable, or nearly so, inseparable from the distinctive personality of this one remarkable thinker. His reflections on the politics of the Middle East always depended on his empathetic understanding of the cultures, the complex histories, the literary achievements, and the ever-present currents of faith. Add to this his specifically Lebanese perspective, indisputably rooted in the region but also always with an eye to the sea, to the West, and to a very different political-cultural world.
by Álvaro J. Corral, David L. Lealvia The Washington Post
Monday, November 2, 2020
With 32 million eligible voters, Latinos are poised to become the largest minority voting bloc in 2020 — up from 27 million in 2016. Some Democrats are hoping this increase will work in their favor. But a look at which groups of Latinos support Trump, and which groups are growing, suggests that may not come to pass.
California is a deep blue state when measured by party affiliation, and voting 65% Biden at last count. Yet here is how California's propositions came out, per LA Times and the google search for "California propositions."
The Hoover Institution and the Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society held a Zoom webinar Covert, Coercive, and Corrupt: Countering Chinese Communist Party Malign Influence in Free Societies: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell on Friday, October 30, 2020 from 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm PDT | 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm EDT.
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses his new essay, “Vote No on 1984”; President Trump’s executive order establishing a 1776 Commission; what happens when college professors and officials claim they’re racists; plans to turn San Francisco into a homeless camp; and Joe Biden, the godfather of partisanship.
The outcome of the 2020 election was left hanging Wednesday morning as President Donald Trump clung to a number of key battleground states he won in 2016 and former Vice President Joe Biden managed to hold key states won by Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Asked by the press whether he had any new perspectives on Latin America following his tour of the region in 1982, President Ronald Reagan responded, “You’d be surprised, because, you know, they’re all individual countries.”
The final day of a historic — and historically caustic — presidential campaign. Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, will be racing through frantic barnstorms in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, while President Donald Trump and Mike Pence wrap up a mad dash to a total of 11 rallies in a crowd of swing states over the last 48 hours.
