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☆ Opinion | Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Beauty, Human Evil and the Idea of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Marilynne Robinson is one of the great living novelists. She has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Humanities Medal, and Barack Obama took time out of his presidency to interview her at length. In recent years, Robinson has tightened the links between her literary pursuits and her Christianity, writing essays about Calvinism and other theological traditions. Her forthcoming work of nonfiction is “Reading Genesis,” a close reading of the first book of the Old Testament (or the Torah, as I grew up knowing it). No matter one’s faith, Robinson unearths wisdom in this core text that applies to many questions we wrestle with today.

Persons: Marilynne Robinson, Barack Obama, “, Ezra Klein, Robinson, ” Organizations: Humanities, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Locations: “ Gilead, Idaho, Israel

☆ Opinion | The Wars in Ukraine and Gaza Have Changed. America’s Policy Hasn’t.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Joe Biden’s presidency has been dominated by two foreign policy crises: the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The funding the United States has provided in those wars — billions to both Ukraine and Israel — has drawn backlash from both the right and the left. Richard Haass is an icon of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. He’s recently been making the case that our foreign policy is insufficiently independent — that we’ve become captured by allies that have interests that diverge from our own. His view of this moment is a signal of larger shifts that could be coming in the U.S. foreign policy consensus.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Israel —, “, Ezra Klein, Richard Haass, He’s, we’ve Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Foreign Relations, Republican, America’s Locations: Ukraine, Gaza, States, Israel, U.S

☆ It’s Not as Easy as Just Getting Joe Biden to Drop Out - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In a recent episode of his podcast, my colleague Ezra Klein made the strongest case yet for replacing President Biden on the ticket with a new Democratic nominee. To that, he said, the Democrats could choose a candidate at their convention this summer in Chicago. How that works is different in different states. Then they go to the convention to choose the actual nominee. What’s different now than in the past is that most delegates arrive at the convention committed to a candidate.

Persons: Ezra Klein, Biden, Ezra, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt Organizations: Democratic, Democratic Party Locations: Chicago

☆ Opinion | Your Questions on Open Conventions, a Gaza Schism and Biden’s Chances
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

[You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.] He is skipping things like Super Bowl interviews, having trouble in press conferences and that if things don’t change, this is not going to go well. And that there is another option for Democrats, that Biden could step aside and Democrats could do what parties have done many times before and go to a convention. And this is something I said we would also do in this little series, which is take questions on it. Our great senior editor, Claire Gordon, has joined me here to sort of be the audience representative and make sure I’m actually answering questions.

Persons: “, Ezra Klein, Joe Biden, Biden, Elaine Kamarck, Claire Gordon Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Democrats

☆ Opinion | Here’s How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

[You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.] A full transcript of this episode is available here:Ezra Klein: So last week on the show, I made the argument that Democrats should pick a candidate at the convention this year. This is the way political parties throughout most of American history have picked their nominees for president. But it’s a funny kind of suggestion, because it is somehow simultaneously novel and ancient. So what I wanted to do today was talk through how conventions work — how an open convention works, what kind of politicking happens at it, what kinds of candidates win, how they win and also talk through what would happen this year.

Persons: “, Ezra Klein, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google

☆ Handwringing over Biden's age has Democrats worried about a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsberg's refusal to step down
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read previewAt 81 years old, President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike that he's too old to be president again. Many draw parallels between Biden and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who refused to step down from her lifetime appointment to the court while President Barack Obama was in office. The current Supreme Court is comprised of 6 conservative justices and 3 liberals, though Chief Justice John Roberts is often considered a swing vote. Bill Clinton's choice for Supreme Court vacancy, on Capitol Hill, June 15, 1993. Supreme Court justices are appointed, not elected, and the confirmation of Obama's nomination of Garland was blocked by Republicans in the Senate in the wake of Antonin Scalia's death in 2016.

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☆ Opinion | Building the Palestinian State With Salam Fayyad
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the truth is you don’t need just a partner — you need two partners able to deliver at the same time. So you could see it as a tragedy of history that Salam Fayyad joined the Palestinian Authority in 2002, at the height of the second intifada, just as Israeli society shifted hard to the right. A Western-educated economist, Fayyad is a technocrat at heart. And as the Palestinian Authority’s finance minister, and then as prime minister, he dedicated himself to the spadework of state-building. His theory was that instead of waiting around for the peace process to deliver Palestinian statehood, he would just build a state — institutions, infrastructure, security, sewers and all — and then statehood would follow.

Persons: ” That’s, Salam Fayyad, “, Ezra Klein, Fayyad Organizations: Palestinian Authority, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Palestinian Locations: Israel

☆ Opinion | What Relationships Would You Want, if You Believed They Were Possible?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Almost half of children are born to unmarried women. The number of close friends Americans report having has been on a steep decline since the 1990s, especially among men. We are living out a radical experiment in how we live, love, parent and age — and for many, it’s failing. People want more love in their lives, and opening their relationships is one way to find it. A poll from last year found that one-third of Americans believe their ideal relationship would involve something other than strict monogamy.

Persons: “, Ezra Klein, it’s, It’s Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google

☆ Opinion | ‘Why Haven’t the Democrats Completely Cleaned the Republicans’ Clock?’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Political analysts used to say that the Democratic Party was riding a demographic wave that would lead to an era of dominance. All this has made the Democrats’ political math a lot more precarious. And it also poses a kind of spiritual problem for Democrats who see themselves as the party of the working class. Ruy Teixeira is one of the loudest voices calling on the Democratic Party to focus on winning these voters back. But he also warned in that book that Democrats needed to stop hemorrhaging white working-class voters for this majority to hold.

Persons: “, Ezra Klein, Ruy Teixeira, He’s, ”, John B, Barack Obama, Teixeira, Judis, Joe Organizations: Democratic Party, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, American Enterprise Institute, Liberal Patriot, Democratic, Party

☆ Opinion | Gen Z Is Listening to What Netanyahu Is Saying. Is Biden?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

No one could demand that Netanyahu accept a Palestinian state so long as that state would be governed by Hamas. There are older Americans who knew Israel when it was young. We only ever knew Israel as the strongest military power in the region. But we also knew an Israel that seemed to be trying to find its way toward peace and coexistence. They know an Israel that controls Palestinian life and land and intends to keep it that way.

Persons: Netanyahu, Al Fatah, I’ve, Israel, Joe Biden’s, Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, David, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel Organizations: Hamas, West Bank, Fatah, Israel Locations: Gaza, Qatar, Israel, America, Siena, An Israel

☆ Opinion | ‘The Strongest Democratic Party That Any of Us Have Ever Seen’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you’re a Democrat, how worried should you be right now? On the one hand, polls suggest Democrats should be very worried. Biden has a strong record to run on, and Trump has a lot more baggage than he did in 2020. Simon Rosenberg is a longtime Democratic political strategist, the author of the newsletter Hopium Chronicles and one of the few people who correctly predicted the Democrats’ strong performance in 2022. He argues that the Democratic Party is in a better position now than it has been for generations.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, staved, Trump, “, Ezra Klein, Simon Rosenberg, MAGA Organizations: Democrat, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Democratic, ’, Democratic Party

☆ Opinion: Trump is a strong candidate. Democrats need to take him seriously.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Democrats should not make the mistake of underestimating former President Donald Trump. Moreover, they note, Haley was able to win independent voters who theoretically would be more amenable to President Joe Biden than Trump in the fall. Moreover, the number of Republicans who keep saying they won’t vote for Trump under any circumstances, gives Democrats hope that on Election Day, many voters in the GOP won’t turn out. But these arguments downplay the threat Trump will pose to Biden in November by ignoring several fundamentals. Trump is succeeding even though the United States has never had a major presidential candidate saddled with so much legal baggage.

Persons: Julian Zelizer, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, —, Nikki Haley —, Trump, Haley, Joe Biden, Biden, That’s, — Trump, pollsters, Karl Marx, Lyndon Johnson, Arizona Sen, Barry Goldwater, Simon Rosenberg, Ezra Klein Organizations: CNN, Princeton University, The New York Times, America, Democratic, Trump, GOP, Republican, WWE, Republican Party, Biden, Arizona, New York Times Locations: New Hampshire, United States

☆ Opinion | I Am Going to Miss Pitchfork, but That’s Only Half the Problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’m gutted to see Condé Nast folding the online music magazine Pitchfork into GQ. I won’t try to improve on the eulogies written for the site already (Casey Newton and Eric Harvey have good ones). It’s one of the few corners of the internet I still love, no matter how often I find myself in disagreement. I’ve seen some thoughtful writing already on why Pitchfork couldn’t make it. In this case, they’re specific to Pitchfork’s editorial choices and market position.

Persons: Condé Nast, Casey Newton, Eric Harvey, HuffPost, FiveThirtyEight Organizations: Pitchfork, GQ, New York Times, Sports, BuzzFeed, Popular, U.S . News, Gawker, ABC News, Grid, ”, Vox Media, McClatchy, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Dallas Morning News Locations: U.S

☆ Opinion | Thomas Friedman on Why the War in Gaza ‘Has to Stop’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve never seen it so broken,” Thomas L. Friedman, a New York Times Opinion columnist who has been covering the Middle East for decades, tells me. It’s been just over 100 days since Hamas’s attack on Israel, and the costs of the war are staggering. In polling from late fall, 64 percent of Gazans reported that a family member had been killed or injured. Israel believes that more than 100 hostages are being held captive in Gaza, and polling reveals that Hamas has gained popularity among Palestinians while support for Israel has plummeted around the world. When this war ends, will Israel really be safer?

Persons: I’ve, ” Thomas L, Friedman, It’s, Gazans, “, Ezra Klein Organizations: New York, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Hamas Locations: East, Israel, Gaza

☆ Opinion | A Republican Pollster on Trump’s Undimmed Appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the past, Democrats and Republicans at least understood why members of the other party liked their chosen candidates. But for a lot of Democrats, it feels impossible to imagine why anyone would cast a vote for Trump. Kristen Soltis Anderson is a veteran Republican pollster, a founding partner of the opinion research firm Echelon Insights and a CNN contributor. She spends her days trying to understand the thinking of Republican voters, including hosting focus groups for New York Times Opinion. You can listen to our whole conversation by following “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.

Persons: Donald Trump, weren’t, Barack Obama, George W, don’t, “, Ezra Klein, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Republican pollster, Trump Organizations: Republicans, Trump, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Republican, CNN, New York

☆ The Books That Explain 2023 - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“Chip War” is a reminder of the physical artifacts that underlie what we so wrongly describe as the cloud. The title of Miller’s book is, for now, rhetorical, but I found myself wondering how long that would remain the case. There are more histories of this era of American politics than any bookshelf can hold. The apogee of America’s welfare state, with all its limitations, was coterminous with the height of the Cold War. But I believe a new one has already begun, and it is being shaped more by China than by any American politician, including Trump or Biden.

Persons: Chris Miller’s, ” Miller, Miller, Biden, Trump, Gary Gerstle’s, ”, Gerstle Organizations: Deal, Biden, Soviet Union, Trump Locations: United States, China, Taiwan, Outmaneuvering China, Soviet

☆ Opinion | A Lot Has Happened in A.I. Let’s Catch Up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A lot has happened since. OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, recently dominated headlines again after the nonprofit board of directors fired C.E.O. But that drama isn’t actually the most important thing going on in the A.I. They’ve been closely tracking developments in the field since well before ChatGPT launched. I invited them on the show to catch up on the state of A.I.

Persons: ChatGPT, C.E.O, Sam Altman, isn’t, hasn’t, “, Ezra Klein, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Newton, They’ve Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Tech, The Times Locations: A.I

☆ Opinion | The Unsettling Lesson of the OpenAI Mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In my reporting, the best explanation I’ve heard for the board’s decision, as poorly communicated as it was, is that it fired Altman for the precise reason it said it fired Altman. “It would be wise to view any investment in OpenAI Global LLC in the spirit of a donation,” it warned. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, didn’t have the power to stop OpenAI’s board from firing Altman, but he did have the power to render the action hollow. He announced a new advanced innovations division, to be led by Altman (and the OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who resigned in solidarity with Altman) and staffed by any OpenAI employees who’d like to join. By Wednesday, Altman was back as chief executive of OpenAI and all but one of the board members had resigned.

Persons: I’ve, Altman, ”, OpenAI, Helen Toner, ” OpenAI, Satya Nadella, didn’t, Greg Brockman, weirdly, Ilya Sutskever, who’d, —, Meta’s Organizations: Microsoft, Google, OpenAI

☆ Opinion | Why the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Failed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is too early to talk about a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Peace efforts in the Middle East have been tried over and over again. Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of “The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.” Few people have been as intimately involved in the many Middle East peace processes as Miller. He’s a decades-long veteran of the State Department who has touched peace negotiations under the Reagan, the Clinton and both Bush administrations. His book is the best I’ve read on the peace processes and what went wrong.

Persons: wasn’t, “, Ezra Klein, Aaron David Miller, Miller, He’s, Reagan, Clinton, Bush Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, State Department Locations: Israel, Gaza, Egypt, East

☆ Opinion | The Sermons I Needed to Hear Right Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This is a conversation about the relationship between Jewishness and the Jewish State. About believing some aspects of Israel have become indefensible and also believing that Israel itself must be defended. About what it means when a religion built on the lessons of exile creates a state that inflicts exile on others. In these past few months, I’ve been moved by the sermons of Rabbi Sharon Brous, which have managed to hold these paradoxes with more grace and prophetic wisdom than most. (A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

Persons: I’ve, Rabbi Sharon Brous, “, Ezra Klein, Aza Organizations: Jewish, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Times Locations: Jewish State, Israel, IKAR, Los Angeles

☆ Opinion | If Biden Is So Unpopular, Why Do Democrats Keep Winning?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A New York Times and Siena College poll released Nov. 5 showed Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, with a notable jump in support among nonwhite and young voters. In response, Democrats freaked out. But then two days later, voters across the country actually went to the polls, and Democrats and Democratic-associated policy did pretty well. I asked Mike Podhorzer, a longtime poll skeptic, to help to help me understand the apparent gap between the polls and the ballot box. And as the founder of the Analyst Institute, he was the godfather of the data-driven turn in Democratic campaign strategy.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, freaked, Andy Beshear, “, Ezra Klein, Mike Podhorzer, Podhorzer, ” Organizations: New York Times, Siena College, Democratic, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Analyst Institute Locations: Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio

☆ Opinion | What Israelis Fear the World Does Not Understand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier this week, we heard a Palestinian perspective on the conflict. Today, I wanted to have on an Israeli perspective. You can listen to our whole conversation by following “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. View a list of book recommendations from our guests here. (A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

Persons: Yossi Klein Halevi, Shalom Hartman, “, Ezra Klein Organizations: Shalom, Shalom Hartman Institute in, Palestinian, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Israeli Defense Forces, Times Locations: Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Gaza, Israel, Oslo

☆ Opinion | An Intense, Searching Conversation With Amjad Iraqi
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Before there can be any kind of stable coexistence of people in Israel and Palestine, there will have to be a stable coexistence of narratives. And that’s what we’ll be attempting this week on the show: to look at both the present and the past through Israeli and Palestinian perspectives. [You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.] Our first episode is with Amjad Iraqi, a senior editor at +972 magazine and a policy analyst at the Al-Shabaka think tank. You can listen to our whole conversation by following “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.

Persons: we’ll, what’s, “, Ezra Klein, Amjad, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Amjad Iraqi Locations: Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Palestinian

☆ Opinion | She Polled Gazans on Oct. 6. Here’s What She Found.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Emefa Agawu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. The show’s production team also includes Rollin Hu and Kristin Lin. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Sonia Herrero.

Persons: “, Ezra Klein, ”, Emefa Agawu, Michelle Harris, Mary Marge Locker, Kate Sinclair, Jeff Geld, Claire Gordon, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin, Isaac Jones, Kristina Samulewski, Shannon Busta, Rose Strasser, Sonia Herrero Organizations: New York

☆ Opinion | If Not This, Then What Should Israel Do?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Two things are true: Israel must do something, and what it’s doing now is indefensible.” So writes Zack Beauchamp, a senior correspondent at Vox. Almost a month has passed since Hamas fighters slaughtered over 1,400 people in Israel and the state mounted its furious response. If Israel continues down this road, the cost in Palestinian lives, and in support for Israel, will be immense. Beauchamp, who has covered Israel extensively in recent years, set out to answer that question. I found his piece “What Israel Should Do Now” one of the best I’ve read since Oct. 7.

Persons: Zack Beauchamp, Israel, “, Ezra Klein, Beauchamp Organizations: Vox, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Times Locations: Israel, Gaza

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