What’s Newt Reading; April 15, 2020
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Flash Briefings
What Lincoln Can Still Teach Us
April 9, 1865, exactly 145 years ago to the day of this writing, marked the symbolic end of the bloodiest, most challenging chapter in American history. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Yes, the American Civil War officially continued for several weeks afterward, but it effectively ended with Lee’s surrender.
Hitler, Passover, and the Coronavirus — Finding Strength in Troubled Times
The Jewish story is relevant to everyone as we endure this pandemic and adversity more generally, not just to Jews. Of course, we find in the Jewish experience the will to survive hardship, even tragedy, and the ability to flourish when the dust settles.
Hitler, Passover, and the Coronavirus — Finding Strength in Troubled Times
The Jewish story is relevant to everyone as we endure this pandemic and adversity more generally, not just to Jews. Of course, we find in the Jewish experience the will to survive hardship, even tragedy, and the ability to flourish when the dust settles.
American Elites Wrongly Predict — and Welcome — American Decline
We could be witnessing the moment, when China snatches the mantle of global leadership out of America’s coronavirus-stricken hands, establishing the “Chinese century” that experts have long promised us — at least according to American pundits and journalists.
China’s Hawkish Shift
The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping once summed up the strategy that defined China’s foreign policy for decades: “Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities; bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; never claim leadership.” The idea was for China to gain national strength quietly and patiently, observing global affairs while plotting how to control them.
