Charles Keckler @CharlesKeckler
Former federal executive, sometime law professor, occasional litigator & semiprofessional political anthropologist. JD/PhD. Always updating classical liberalism Arlington VA Joined March 2012-
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🚨 NEW 🚨 We estimate all recent student debt cancellation policies will cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion. That’s more than all federal spending on higher education over the nation’s entire history. And it's more than all projected education appropriations over the…
🇺🇸🇪🇺Tonight's Budapest Lecture featured a fascinating discussion between @CharlesKeckler and @ishapiro on American federalism. 🏛️The scholars discussed the development of American federalism and the lessons, examples, and warnings it holds for Europe.
"Hayek’s liberal civilization is consequently one characterized by certain unchanging commitments alongside openness to change, a willingness to question, and above all, complexity." #ClassicalLiberalism lawliberty.org/a-classical-li…
Possibly multiple phenomena here. The %liberal increase in 65+ (men & women) may be partly generational as a counterculture sympathetic segment of Boomers fill this age bracket. Then a post-2013 left-shifted social media culture (focused on young women) explains much of the rest.
Possibly multiple phenomena here. The %liberal increase in 65+ (men & women) may be partly generational as a counterculture sympathetic segment of Boomers fill this age bracket. Then a post-2013 left-shifted social media culture (focused on young women) explains much of the rest.
I stabilized the debt in the short term using #DebtFixer from @BudgetHawks. But more work is needed in the long term. crfb.org/debtfixer/ (Given the international economic & security situation, I felt I had to preserve a strong defense & attractive low-tax competitiveness)
At the end of this week, Schar School Dean @MarkJRozellGMU will be participating in an esteemed panel at the University of Warsaw (@UniWarszawski). Dean Rozell will join other political experts as they discuss the 2024 election and the state of American politics more broadly.
Happy 248th birthday to Adam Smith’s #WealthOfNations. A book that changed the world forever and for the better!
A powerful argument - but we have to first solve the governance of a Warp Speed-like effort to implement AI across Federal use cases. This needs to be technically adept, and bipartisan. -- Let AI remake the whole U.S. government (oh, and save the country) wapo.st/3IrPiOk
Harvard-Harris Poll, American Voters: "Republicans have moved too far to the right for me" 57% Agree 43% Disagree "Democrats have moved too far to the left for me" 69% Agree 31% Disagree harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/upl…
Federal debt is currently spiraling upward risking a major economic crisis. 💸 These four spending reforms and interest-cost savings would stabilize government debt at the current level and avert fiscal catastrophe... cato.org/briefing-paper… #CatoEcon
Great @joldmcginn essay “ a flourishing liberal society…must defuse a politics of perpetual enmity, preserve social spheres apart from politics, and constrain executive power, particularly in domestic affairs.” lawliberty.org/archetype-of-i…
An essential read to understand a courage for freedom so great as to accept a loss of one’s own liberty for the hope of achieving it for a nation. open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/…
Monopoly - I didn't know this! (You'll never look at the game the same way again!) Starting in 1941, an increasing number of British Airmen found themselves as the involuntary guests of the Third Reich, and the Crown was casting about for ways and means to facilitate their…
This morning, @thecrimson launched a series of paired op-eds with contrasting views by members of @cafharvard - a great moment to present the diverse views of our members to a broader community. On meritocracy by @sapinker and James.Hankins. thecrimson.com/column/council……
To decide to move courageously into the land of the unknown. That's one of the secrets to a good life.
GREAT news from #Michigan today! 'Cancel culture is dead': University of Michigan (@UMich) board approves new free speech statement: detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… by @kimberkoz at the @detroitnews Congrats to Sarah Hubbard (@RegentHubbard) and others on this bold Board of Regents!…
Are you a Harvard alum who wants to see the university get back on track? Write in 3 candidates for the Board of Overseers election: Harvey Silverglate: harveysilverglate.com/harvard-corpor…
"You need the clash of ideas. You need faculty and students to feel free to question any idea, any orthodoxy, any value, no matter how deeply we cherish it. [This is how we test] whether or not an idea can stand up under the most rigorous intellectual scrutiny. Academic freedom…
“Disagreement is information—it’s a favor you do for me by calling out the potential gaps and the mistakes in the opinions I hold.”
“Disagreement is information—it’s a favor you do for me by calling out the potential gaps and the mistakes in the opinions I hold.”
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Who drew that bottom trendline, and why?
this is on the NYT front page today
Some personal news... independent.org/news/news_deta…
This is Czech gymnast Véra Cáslavská. In 1968, she faced off against the Soviets when she signed a manifesto calling for democratic change in Czechoslovakia. When the Soviet Union invaded the country, Cáslavská was forced to flee to the countryside, losing her training facility…
"Productive disagreements begin with curiosity, not persuasion." Great, from @AdamMGrant. Follow @CDI_America
The best way to open people's minds isn't to argue with them. It's to listen to them. When people feel understood, they become less defensive and more reflective—and develop less extreme, more nuanced views. Productive disagreements begin with curiosity, not persuasion.
Universities must protect free speech. This means they can’t punish students for saying stupid things, however offensive. But part of protecting free speech is to punish students who violate the rules that make free speech possible for everyone else. This includes punishing…
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New blog, "Steps Toward an Enhanced Shared Services Strategy" by @CharlesKeckler @GeorgeMasonU. Keckler provides 2 lessons learned from the success @HHSGov achieved in standing up the Grants QSMO. buff.ly/3ZUYOS5
Truly sickened by the equivocation & "both sidesing" from many liberals & libertarians on the Israel terror attack. The victims were not part of a "side" but individual, innocent civilians - murdered, raped, and maimed by attacks from an explicitly genocidal group. No "context"…
(This means I defended my dissertation successfully today)
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THOMAS SOWELL on UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE. My interview with Tom is up on YouTube at this very hour. youtube.com/watch?v=pn2gda…
Marc Andreessen @pmarca rightfully points out that the real risk of AI lies in not embracing its immense potential. "The single greatest risk of AI is that China wins global AI dominance and we – the United States and the West – do not." pmarca.substack.com/p/why-ai-will-…
I fully agreed with this thread & talk until the end where Summers basically waves away spending reform and suggests that middle-class taxes will have to close a 10% of GDP fiscal gap. Glad he acknowledges that taxing the rich can't come close, but neither can middle class taxes.
While I am glad to see that the “debt limit crisis” is in the rearview mirror, CBO projects budget deficits will exceed 7 percent of GDP and be on an upwards trajectory a decade from now. Watch my @PIIE talk here: youtube.com/live/2jcW_YomN… via @YouTube
JUST IN: Police union endorses challenger for Commonwealth’s Attorney arlnow.com/2023/05/30/jus…
All the responsibility you abandon will be taken up by tyrants and used against you.
Got (civilly) married today! Looking forward to our sacramental wedding in Dublin 1st July - but today was a truly lovely day.
"We need to stop making excuses. We need to make sure that students study civics and history. And we need to ensure that teachers understand that it’s important that students actually learn civics and history." @rickhess99 on what we should learn from the Nation’s Report Card👇
Highly recommended!
This very popular and helpful @BRInstitute discussion of Federalism with brilliant scholar @MarkJRozellGMU @ScharSchool already has 600 views a few days after release! Launched the “Topics in Government & Civics” series and great for college and high school classrooms!
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