CEO of Pushkin industries. @Gladwell and I make podcasts.
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Jun 9
I thought this piece couldn’t be as stupid as the headline, but then I read it, and it was. If I wanted to make this case, I’d have at least acknowledged JFK, FDR, Bill Clinton… thefp.com/p/arthur-brooks-wh…
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#Japan: With its economic weight and diplomatic influence, Japan has an opportunity to shape Asia’s response to attacks on press freedom.
Last week at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, CPJ board chair Jacob Weisberg highlighted cases of imprisoned journalists including Jimmy Lai and Dong Yuyu in China, Frenchie Mae Cumpio in the Philippines, and Sai Zaw Thaike in Myanmar.
The decline of press freedom across Asia is no longer a distant issue for Japan. From Japanese journalists being denied entry to Hong Kong to the recent detention of NHK Tehran bureau chief Shinnosuke Kawashima in Iran, these cases directly affect the safety, mobility, and ability of Japanese journalists to report abroad.
Protecting press freedom is in Japan’s direct interest. Independent journalism strengthens public trust, accountability, security, and the economic confidence needed for resilient societies.
Watch the complete talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=S9_N2QIK…
@jacobwe @fccjapan @pressfreedom
#PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime
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May 20
Trump’s corruption has escalated to outright expropriation. He is now stealing directly from the government.
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May 19
The Washington Monthly got undergraduate prodigy @alexbronzini to review undergraduate prodigy Theo Baker @tab_delete. Brilliant assignment and a superb piece about a book I can’t wait to read. @monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2026/0…
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Apr 23
Add this to the list of things that typically happen in authoritarian countries — and are now happening in the United States. nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/po…
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Apr 17
Kuwait: Release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention cpj.movements.mov/pet/kuwait…
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Apr 16
Disgusting:
“Meanwhile, all eyes in the room will be on the CBS News tables, where…Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller have been invited as honored guests. David Ellison is also throwing a party “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House correspondents.”
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Jacob Weisberg retweeted
Mar 30
This @jacobwe essay is the most insightful thing I've read on the whole Epstein saga.
What makes Epstein "a significant figure is not his personal pathology but what his career says about the culture that found him useful."
A descent into the elite's id. nytimes.com/2026/03/30/opini…
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Jacob Weisberg retweeted
Mar 30
Brilliant op-ed today by @jacobwe—an irresistible read and a genuinely original framing of a subject about which I thought nothing more could be said. Crystallizes an enduring cultural phenomenon we should all think about. nytimes.com/2026/03/30/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Mar 23
This week on Talking Feds: Trump's Iran exit strategy, Pam Bondi's Epstein blockage, that Illinois primary, and more. With @harrylitman @alivitali @natashakorecki youtu.be/l8Pnp7dDj_8?si=llo7…
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Mar 20
"In their caustic vividness, Mr. Blankfein’s opening chapters more resemble Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of Augie March” than any normal business book." wsj.com/arts-culture/books/s… via @WSJBooks
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Mar 17
Say what you will, he was fantastic in One Battle After Another. nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/po…
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