Perilous Times
David SchanzerThoughts about the tremendous challenges facing modern society...and what to do about them
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Trump’s Iran Fiasco Shows The Lunacy Of Pulling Out Of The Obama Nuclear Deal In The First Place
Donald Trump has been rightly criticized for launching a war against Iran without a strategy for achieving key security goals, failing to anticipate how Iran could gain leverage over him by closing the Straits of Hormuz, and negotiating a t...
Have the Knicks Provided a Roadmap For Shaking Off Trumpism?
I don’t want to taint the New York Knicks’ glorious run to the championship last night with politics, but I can’t help thinking about how this Knicks team and the way they played represent the antithesis of Trumpism. I hope their success sh...
Condoleezza Rice Unwisely Cheers on Trump’s War in Iran
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s commentary in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal lauding the Trump administration’s Iran war is a stark reminder of why the U.S. national security establishment has lost so much credibility in the ey...
Universities Need to Address the Grading Crisis (And It Is Not Just About Grade Inflation!)
This week, the Harvard faculty voted to cap A grades at 20 percent of enrolled students. This step makes sense given that over 60 percent of the grades awarded in 2024-25 were As, compared to only 25 percent two decades ago. But at best, th...
Mass Violence Against Civilians Is Wrong. Hard Stop.
I started this newsletter in June 2022 because I saw the candidacy of Donald Trump for a second term as president as a truly existential threat to world order, democracy, and the values I hold dear as an American citizen, a teacher to our y...
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Professor of Public Policy at Duke University and commentator on issues relating to extremism, political violence, polarization and the ills that result from them...
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