“How can I say I care about what I’m doing if I’m not willing to put myself in situations that might make me uncomfortable?”
Will Witt: What It Means to Be a Young Conservative
Interviews
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Interview with Ruud Koopmans: Understanding Muslim Immigration to Europe
“[Historically,] Islamic societies were actually more advanced, more liberal, and more tolerant than Western societies. So, there is nothing intrinsic to Islam that explains these problems.”
Interview: Robert Orlando on His Film “Citizen Trump”
“Once the stage is the thing, ideas don’t matter as much as performance.”
Interview: Rep. Susan Wild on How Congress Can Respond to the Pandemic
“The problem is, though, we can’t rely on volunteerism, donations, and gifts for much longer because—quite frankly—most of these places are getting pretty tapped out.”
Psychologist Dr. Katherine Kinzler: the Role of Speech in Polarized Times
“In polarized times, think of the other person as an individual and not member of the other group.”
Interview: Rep. Jody Hice on “Defund the Police” and Big Tech Censorship
“But there is no question that we’ve got some major issues, and free speech is so dependent these days on these big tech companies, so they have to be very careful that free speech is protected. And, of course, there’s a pattern now that shows otherwise…”
Lacy Johnson, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Challenger: Her Record Speaks for Itself
“I was in poverty once, and then I became an entrepreneur. And now I am running for office…This is the greatest country in the world.”
Rep. Eric Swalwell: Reflecting on the Impeachment of President Trump
“Maybe there are some lessons learned, so this never happens again.”
James Lindsay: How Critical Studies Led to Today’s Turmoil
“This is an attempt at a social, cultural, and political revolution.”
Interview with Oliver Strijbis: Swiss Lessons on Identity and National Unity
“Political ideas are too abstract. They are not enough to make people emotional about identity. Swiss identity has a cultural element.”
Interview: How David Horowitz Sees 2020
“Our system in United States is set up in a way that forces us to compromise. The Founders thought the great threat to a democracy is factionalism.”
Bo Winegard on Events Taking Place Across Academia: “I Am Terrified”
“I have never been more depressed about the state of truth in the world.”
Interview: Elika Ashoori on Her Father’s Ten Year Prison Sentence in Iran
“His interrogators were telling him that we have gangs who could ‘stab your daughter or wife in London.'”
Interview: Adrianna San Marco, Student Journalist Fired for Conservative View
“On her ouster from The Daily Orange, the student journalist says: ‘It also affects me as student because all my peers have banded together and tried to cancel me.'”
Interview: Curt Jaimungal, Director of “Better Left Unsaid”
“They reject ideas of the extreme, so that’s why there needs to be a delineation between what’s extreme and what’s not extreme.”