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A native Brooklynite, author, and dialectical libertarian Notablog: https://notablog.net/ Homepage: https://chrismatthewsciabarra.com/
David Pressman sees ominous parallels between Trump's ability to bend others to his will and Viktor Orban’s Hungary, where judges & businesses acquiesced to state power. Like Orban, Trump “believes that everyone can be bought. America’s elites are proving him right.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
A business in peril, families split apart. "It's a Wipeout," headlines this NY Times report on the aftershocks of an ICE workplace raid. What a disgrace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
CC in Cooperstown
Later today, CC Sabathia enters the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a New York Yankee. Mike Lupica in the "New York Daily News" put it best: “The Yankees aren’t celebrating a championship in 2009 if CC Sabathia hadn’t been the ace of the staff."
notablog.net/2025/07/27/c...
Nice essay by Zak Woodman on how democracy depends on dialogue, even as "dialogical liberalism is being weaponized against you."
notesonliberty.com/2025/07/24/i...
Oh, and yeah, there’s a moment in Tal Tsfany’s OCON 2025 video presentation that got my attention. (See the essay for my discussion of it) ...
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I am not an Objectivist. But as a long-time Rand scholar, I examine the Ayn Rand Institute on its 40th anniversary and reflect on the nature and evolution of Rand scholarship. Check out my Notablog essay:
notablog.net/2025/07/21/r...
I am huge New York Yankees fan, but it doesn't prevent me from appreciating the talent and legacy of David Wright, whose number was retired by the New York Mets today. Having spent 14 years with the Mets, the beloved captain set many franchise records.
My Notablog post: notablog.net/2025/07/19/t...
As Trump gears up to deport immigrants en masse, "asylum seekers at immigration court who thought they were playing by the rules were abruptly swept up by ICE." It's become "'a murderous reality show. ... some kind of hideous game of ... Trumpian roulette.'"
www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/i...
With Elon Musk securing another government contract for up to $200 million with the Defense Department (the "Grok for Government" AI chatbot), it's useful to remind ourselves how much Musk is invested in crony capitalism. This is my May 2025 post on "The State of Musk":
notablog.net/2025/05/29/t...
The article is focusing specifically on the use of social media platforms as a means of undermining legitimacy. To the extent that any other authoritarian governments are using such tactics, yes, of course, there is a similarity.
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Link to today's NY Times report:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u...
The NY Times reports today that Trump has "steadily and dramatically raised tariffs to levels not seen in a century." (Link in the comments.)
My indictment of Trump's tariff policies was posted back in May and it remains relevant:
notablog.net/2025/05/05/o...
"Trump and the Republican Party are deploying a new form of political propaganda ... one that is ruthless, inflammatory and designed for maximum viral reach. ... barreling toward a future in which ... its members are slowly being stripped of empathy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
"If a blue state gets hit by a hurricane, it's because God Hates Gays. If a red state gets hit, it's because Democrats control the weather."
A friend shared this with me. I'd give it a laugh react... except it rings true in some circles! smh
12.07.2025 13:38 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0June was Pride Month, but for those who celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, Pride is every month. As the political tide turns, the reactionary right is now going after same-sex marriage. From "The Economist", "Republican support for same-sex marriage is dropping fast":
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Not to mention the administration's war on birthright citizenship and the constant pivoting of SCOTUS in the wake of the administration's policies.
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The Trump administration's war on immigrants continues. No respect for due process, raids on agricultural workers, at Home Depots, deportations to foreign gulags, and now this in Florida: "Alligator Alcatraz." What will it take to stop this obscenity?
www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/a...
To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of my book, "Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism," Winton Bates has republished Ed Younkins‘s original review on the Freedom and Flourishing site:
www.freedomandflourishing.com/2025/07/how-...
Happy 4th of July!
I'm in UnHerd today, talking about one of the very best things about America (which the current administration is, of course, trying to destroy).
Nation Sets Off Fireworks To Commemorate Surviving Another Day
Nation Sets Off Fireworks To Commemorate Surviving Another Day
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This essay aims to raise awareness for a serious, rare condition known as Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS). In April 1974, I underwent surgery for that condition that saved my life.
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Here is an article summarizing the central themes in my "Dialectics and Liberty Trilogy", consisting of the books: "Marx, Hayek, and Utopia", "Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical", and "Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism":
notablog.net/2025/06/09/a...
By way of introduction, here is an autobiographical essay of mine published on Medium:
medium.com/@cms10_7549/...
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