Sasse, who had opposed Trump before he supported him again, is disappointed with both Fox News and MSNBC. It urges people to resist partisan tribalism, de-emphasize politics, and spend more time with their families. That’s fine, except the inverse of your problem isn’t the solution to it. This is just another way of expressing the same problem.
A book, like a politician, can impress on its own merits. Arguably, Sasse is more intellectually stimulating than the election-denying conspiracy theorists who overwhelmed his Republican Party. But shouldn’t the bar remain higher than that?
Unfortunately, “Them” is a familiar type of book, as Washington intellectuals, or what journalists call “senate masters” in their Skype backgrounds, “history students.” , is a book that only affirms the author’s representatives. Sasse, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Cold War-era debates over religion in American public life, needs no such examination. But he’s a little more committed.
“Them” follows the Senator’s 2017 volume, “The Vanishing American Adult,” which celebrates the value of hard work, self-reliance and adversity in young people. Gator, listen up. May their passivity not undermine the country’s freedom and entrepreneurship. The connection between greater individualism (Volume 1) and greater community (Volume 2) seems interesting enough to explore as a cure for America’s disease, but the author takes a pass. Maybe he will write another book on campus.
In hindsight, “they” alluded to Sasse’s dissatisfaction with the world’s largest non-deliberative body. “It was not Washington, D.C. that gave America its life,” he wrote. “Deep and lasting change does not come through legislation or elections, but from the close ties that give our lives meaning, happiness and hope,” writes Sasse.
During a question-and-answer session at the University of Florida on Monday, Sasse said he was looking forward to the “opportunity to step back from politics.” Even if he does get a top job, the opportunity is unlikely to materialize. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a statement calling Sasse a “deep thinker” and a “good candidate” for college president, waging a culture war out of the state’s education system on multiple levels. rice field. those fighting sides.
Former President Trump responded to the news with his usual cautious tone, predicting that the university would “quickly regret” hiring “Riddle” Ben Sasse, calling him “lightweight” and “weak and weak.” The students who protested during Mr. Sasse’s visit also denounced the opacity of the university’s selection process and the senator’s past positions on same-sex marriage. (Sasse says he disagrees with the protesters but welcomes them “intellectually and physically”.)