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Ben Domenech
American
Writer
Born:
Jan 1
,
1982
American
Because
Culture
People
Politics
You
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The lesson of the Scott Walker, Rick Perry, and Bobby Jindal failures is simple: You can't run a presidential campaign from the undercard stage.
Ben Domenech
You
Simple
Stage
Lesson
Presidential
Presidential Campaign
Run
Failures
Campaign
Perry
Scott
Walker
Bobby
Rick
Jindal's record in Louisiana is controversial, in part because, in a state which has historically favored patronage culture and a bureaucracy that offered uninterrupted employment for those who backed the right horse, he aimed to destroy the old spoils system.
Ben Domenech
Culture
Old
State
Backed
Those
Destroy
Favored
System
Record
Horse
He
Part
Spoils
Employment
Because
Historically
Offered
Louisiana
Bureaucracy
Controversial
Patronage
Which
Who
Right
A repeated problem with the Obama administration has been the lack of understanding that contracts only matter if they are enforceable - and if there is a party willing to do the enforcement.
Ben Domenech
Problem
Matter
Party
Understanding
Has-Been
Willing
Obama
Administration
Obama Administration
Only
Repeated
Been
Contracts
Lack
Enforcement
The world of campaign consulting is full of hype. It is designed to offer those desperate for an edge on their opponent the promise of a silver bullet and a consultancy willing to go to any lengths - including all those things you'd like to do but can't - in order to win.
Ben Domenech
You
World
Win
Desperate
Hype
Edge
Those
Promise
Willing
Silver
Consulting
Like
Opponent
Bullet
Go
Campaign
Offer
Any
Order
Full
Including
Things
Designed
When contrarian voices are elevated to publications once viewed as places where contending ideas shared space, organized online backlash is now inevitable.
Ben Domenech
Space
Inevitable
Once
Backlash
Online
Voices
Shared
Ideas
Contending
Where
Places
Viewed
Organized
Publications
Now
Elevated
Ordinary people in such positions - working at firms, companies, or chains - have the absolute right to have their voice in the public square.
Ben Domenech
People
Positions
Voice
Absolute
Square
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Public
Working
Companies
Chains
Right
It used to be you could just write vaguely conservative things while running a Starbucks - now, you can't.
Ben Domenech
You
Conservative
Running
Could
Write
Just
While
Used
Starbucks
Now
Things
Vaguely
Trump knows where his strengths exist, and he is emphatically in favor of doubling down on them. This goes far beyond appointing Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
Ben Domenech
Down
Favor
Neil
He
Beyond
Supreme
Supreme Court
Knows
Court
His
Exist
Trump
Goes
Where
Them
Far
Doubling
Strengths
The ongoing argument over whether the Enlightenment is a good thing is hardly a new facet of American political life.
Ben Domenech
Life
Good
Political
Argument
Ongoing
Facet
Good Thing
Over
New
Political Life
American
Whether
Thing
Hardly
Enlightenment
It is at best insufficient and at worst inaccurate to settle on a definition of the Enlightenment, for the obvious reason that there was not just one.
Ben Domenech
Best
Settle
Worst
Definition
Obvious
Insufficient
Just
Just One
Inaccurate
Reason
Enlightenment
Contemporary defenders of the Enlightenment shouldn't overgeneralize: the Enlightenment, however it is defined, is not an unalloyed good.
Ben Domenech
Good
Defined
Contemporary
However
Enlightenment
Defenders
The disturbing truth we have to recognize is that Bourdain is not alone in his loneliness and depression.
Ben Domenech
Depression
Truth
Alone
Loneliness
Recognize
Disturbing
His
It is a common thing for supporters of President Trump, even as early as when he was a candidate, to say, 'He fights.' And yes, he does fight. He fights everyone. He gets into all kinds of scraps that are pointless and unnecessary. He insults when he doesn't need to.
Ben Domenech
Fight
President
Everyone
President Trump
Say
Unnecessary
Kinds
Pointless
He
Supporters
Insults
Does
Trump
Yes
Gets
Scraps
Candidate
Common
Fights
Even
Thing
Early
Need
Trump's supporters have taken over the Republican Party - not just because they like him but because they believe his approach to politics has been consistently vindicated.
Ben Domenech
Politics
Party
Believe
Approach
Consistently
Has-Been
Taken
Supporters
Over
Like
Him
Because
Been
His
Trump
Just
Just Because
Republican
Republican Party
Vindicated
In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, everyone in America assumed that there would be wars to follow - wars over the reunification of Germany, over the nations within the sphere of Soviet influence, and more. There weren't, because George H. W. Bush's policies and diplomacy prevented that.
Ben Domenech
Diplomacy
Assumed
Everyone
Sphere
Collapse
Would
Would-Be
Follow
More
Over
Policies
Reunification
Because
Within
George
Were
Wake
Germany
America
Soviet
Soviet Union
Nations
Influence
Bush
Union
Wars
'The Federalist' is a small staff, and our close-knit family of senior contributors outwork our competition because of that closeness.
Ben Domenech
Family
Competition
Our
Small
Federalist
Because
Closeness
Senior
Staff
The first time I watched 'The Magnificent Seven' on TV on a Sunday afternoon, I knew it was going to be a different kind of western.
Ben Domenech
Time
Sunday
First
Seven
Sunday Afternoon
Kind
TV
Magnificent
Knew
First Time
Western
Going
Different
Afternoon
Different Kind
Watched
Much of the media failed to anticipate the potential Trump represented as a disruptive populist force, understand why his supporters trusted him, or offer honest reporting on the underlying trends that made his rise possible.
Ben Domenech
Made
Trends
Possible
Rise
Potential
Failed
Supporters
Force
Underlying
Him
Understand
His
Trump
Anticipate
Trusted
Offer
Reporting
Much
Media
Populist
Why
Disruptive
Honest
Engaging in a sycophantic way with any politician in the short term is tempting. It offers the lure of access and the promise of influence. But ultimately, it can lead to misreading the environment, giving too much of an ear to the politician's circle, and confining your audience to partisans.
Ben Domenech
Too Much
Circle
Giving
Politician
Too
Way
Promise
Tempting
Lead
Environment
Term
Access
Audience
Ultimately
Offers
Any
Short
Influence
Confining
Short-Term
Much
Your
Engaging
Ear
Lure
In a healthy republic, there is a need for figures who understand that the presidency is not the be-all and end-all of the people.
Ben Domenech
People
Healthy
Presidency
Understand
End-All
Republic
Who
Figures
Need
It is unhealthy to live in an environment where every aspect of our culture requires a great sort, where creative talents are for some but not for all, and where performing for the president of the United States becomes a point of regular and significant controversy.
Ben Domenech
Great
Creative
Culture
Live
Every
President
Our
States
Significant
Some
Point
Environment
Performing
Talents
Sort
Becomes
Controversy
Where
Unhealthy
Regular
Aspect
Requires
United
United States
In a time of fractured politics, our need for unifying cultural events is more acute, and particularly our need for creators who do not deny the people their art because of the votes they cast.
Ben Domenech
Politics
Art
Time
People
Events
Our
More
Cast
Votes
Particularly
Because
Cultural
Deny
Unifying
Who
Creators
Acute
Need
Fractured
We have all had the experience at some point in our lives of sitting across from someone whose favorite subject is themselves. This is true of nearly everyone to some respect - but for some people, it is a particularly acute problem.
Ben Domenech
Respect
Experience
People
Problem
Some People
Everyone
Our
Our Lives
Favorite
Some
Someone
Point
Had
True
Particularly
Subject
Sitting
Themselves
Across
Whose
Lives
Nearly
Acute
You have the right to free speech as an American - you have no right to use YouTube to do it. And the mobs that exist can form very quickly if they are offended by your presence there.
Ben Domenech
You
Offended
Free
Free Speech
YouTube
Exist
Mobs
Very
Quickly
American
Form
Use
Your
Right
Presence
Speech
Conservatives recognize that college campuses and their frames of reality have an outsized impact on the culture, training the next generation of leaders.
Ben Domenech
Generation
Culture
Reality
Training
College
Conservatives
Frames
Recognize
College Campuses
Impact
Leaders
Next
Next Generation
It is no accident that the place that lends itself to creating conflicts between the dominant order of thought and people who want to speak their minds freely is the college campus, where conservatives feel outnumbered and crushed by a system of higher education that believes in academic freedom for me, not for thee.
Ben Domenech
Education
Freedom
Me
People
Speak
Thought
College
Higher Education
Crushed
Accident
Conservatives
Minds
System
Outnumbered
Higher
Feel
Between
Freely
Academic
Dominant
Itself
Campus
Where
Order
Want
Conflicts
Place
Thee
Lends
Creating
Who
Believes
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