Daily Dose 8/31/17

“[…] for a long time, conservatives have been saying that entitlement and victimhood are the specialty of the left. This is how Middle Eastern dictators justify their corruption and the impoverishment of their people- the Israelis are to blame for it. This is how Robert Mugabe keeps Zimbabwe on its knees- the West is responsible. For the Russians, who want only peace and love, the Americans are to blame. If you believe in American exceptionalism […] you can see: we’re not so exceptional, after all,” Boris Fishman

Daily Dose 8/18/17

“‘Redistribution’ is a more fearsome R-word than ‘rights,’ and fear of redistribution (whether it be of income or of opportunities) unifies the leadership of the two parties. But here’s an even more fearsome R-word: ‘revolution,'” Viet Thanh Nguyen