Sam Haselby
@samhaselby
Historian, wrote Origins of American Religious Nationalism; Eagle Scout, Wisconsinite
The guy who says The Wealth of Nations isn't worth reading has some stupid opinions about American literature. A lot of American literature is quite great.
There are not many actually good books on the AP English syllabus. The reason for this is simple. The syllabus designers presumably try to pick American books. And American literature is just not very good
Why do people revel in people getting fired while they're not at work? The control people give bosses in their lust to be the all seeing eye is quite fascinating . Sure, this dude hella sucked, but I'd hate to lose my job because of my political affiliations.
Catholic commentator Pinesap has been fired from his job after his appearance on Jubilee debating Mehdi Hasan. Follow: @AFpost
This short tweet is a potent cocktail of the narcissism, ignorance, and hate in Christian Zionism.
Hamas and the Vatican are in bed together. They both lied about the church destruction and the deaths in order to drive a wedge between Israel and the Biblical Christians that stand with them.
Bari Weiss is looking for $200–$250 million for her publication, The Free Press, in a potential sale, the FT reports. The publication currently has over 1 million subscribers and around $15 million in annual subscription revenue.
Important to read these nonstop “further conversations” as mob threats. Mamdani has spoken w/ Jeffries many times & explained his position on everything. Until Mamdani does to the Gaza protest movement what Obama did to Jeremiah Wright, Dem leadership will continue to not endorse
Hakeem Jeffries again dodges question about Zohran Mamdani today. REPORTER: What kind of message do you think it sends to voters in your party that you have still not endorsed the party nominee for mayor in your home city, in your home state? JEFFRIES: We had a constructive and…
HUNTER BIDEN: " How arrogant do you have to be to be 'Pod Save America'? Like we've designated them as the guys who are gonna save America, you know, like four guys living in West Hollywood making a million dollars apiece or more"
The postwar social contract where American (however defined) workers are granted access to security not through a vast safety net but access to capital in the form of real estate is over! It's never coming back, that era of accumulation is finished!
"OUR COUNTRY IS TOTALLY BROKEN" “A 38-year-old first-time homebuyer spends 42% of after-tax income on a mortgage… runaway debt is destroying balance sheets.” — @esaagar
My book "The Mongol Storm" offers a history of the Mongol invasions into the Middle East told from many different perspectives - Byzantine, Mamluk, Seljuk, Armenian, Ayyubid, Crusader etc. If you're looking for a summer read... @BasicBooks @BasicBooksUK
Twenty years ago at Columbia, we watched as Bari Weiss and the David Project (people on campus called it the Goliath Project) hounded Joseph Massad for criticizing Israel. Now the university is punishing anyone who dares criticism. Faculty will almost all fall into line too.
columbia just suspended 80 students at once ranging from 1-3 year long suspensions & barnard hasn’t even released their sanctions yet. they have also been systematically targeting students by tripling tuition or removing our financial aid altogether w/ no explanation
columbia just suspended 80 students at once ranging from 1-3 year long suspensions & barnard hasn’t even released their sanctions yet. they have also been systematically targeting students by tripling tuition or removing our financial aid altogether w/ no explanation
The theological ignorance on this app never fails to amaze. Luther, Calvin, & others all understood their reform movements as a return to ancient forms of Christianity, over against Catholic corruptions. Even the most sectarian anabaptists saw themselves in those terms!
American Protestants don’t need to turn to “ancient communities” for their faith. They only need the Bible. That is enough. It’s all there is, in fact. All the other garbage by cosplaying latter-day Fr. Coughlins and Third World accounts is an anti-American, sectarian op.
Founding stock — are you a horse? A dog? One's value to society is determined by what they do, not what some random blood connection did 400 years ago. That conviction, now being destroyed, is what once made America a distinct and extraordinary civilization in world history.
Imagine being an Indian living in America via the UK, claiming American citizenship while speaking with an English accent, telling a White founding stock American with 400+ years of ancestry here he's not a native. The brown chutzpah LARP from Medhi Hasan here is incredible.
"Jubilee’s Surrounded is a warped caricature of modern debate. It’s more of a game show than a forum for political dialogue." I've written about Mehdi Hasan going at it with semi-literate fascists on Jubilee's "Surrounded" via @unherd unherd.com/newsroom/the-m…
If you think Peter Thiel, or Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias, is here to help the lower and middle classes, well, bless your heart.
Peter Thiel: "If you add more people to the mix and you're not allowed to build more houses because of zoning laws, then prices go up a lot, and it's this incredible wealth transfer from the young and the lower middle class to the upper middle class and the landlords."
I wrote about venture capitalist Shaun Maguire, his accusations that Zohran Mamdani is a "secret Islamist," and his emergence as a leading right wing voice in the tech industry. businessinsider.com/shaun-maguire-…
If people like this did not exist, wealthy people would create them to ensure the safety of their fortunes
It's helpful to understand that when people at Princeton or Harvard call universities white supremacist, settler colonialist, and racial capitalist, they don't actually believe it and are playing a role that is part of a ruling class education in America.
Sad to hear about Malcolm-Jamal Warner. RIP to someone that has filled our homes with so much joy. Another reminder tomorrow isn’t promised.