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Please consider participating in a charitable effort our family is supporting: https://lnkd.in/gYF5sYjw   It was especially timely to have Dr. Yuval Levin on the program as he's not only one of this country's foremost scholars and policy experts, he's originally from Haifa, #Israel. So we, of course, discussed what's happening there; however, our recording was only a couple days after the terrorist attacks that sparked the war. We did get to discuss a number of other pressing issues such as Dr. Levin's advocacy for ranked choice voting in primary elections; how to structure institutions to create the right kind of culture; whether our #political positions come first or our philosophical and #ethical moorings are primary; how Yuval is really just reiterating Aristotle for contemporary society - i.e. "What kind of person do I want to be? And what would that kind of person do in this situation?" With that in mind, a central theme of this program came up: How do we engage with friends, family and neighbors when so many are expressing extremist views? Dr. Levin's recommendation is that sometimes, at Thanksgiving, we just have to say, "I really think you're wrong. Now, pass the gravy..." and leave it at that. And I bet you never knew Alexis de Tocqueville could have been a Borscht Belt comedian!   Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. The founder and editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review, and a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times. Dr. Levin served as a member of the White House domestic policy staff under President George W. Bush. And he has published essays and articles in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Commentary. He is the author of several books on political theory and public policy, most recently A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream. Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other is a proud member of The Democracy Group.   Please support our wonderful sponsor: https://lnkd.in/gyPhUVbr   Here's the fundraiser for IDF Reserves: https://lnkd.in/grBnPywC   And you can find Corey on all the socials @coreysnathan such as https://lnkd.in/guHgw9Dp.

Not only is Viola Davis an EPIC talent (see below for some of her many accomplishments), but she has just been appointed by the Secretary of State as one of the inaugural members of the Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement. Smart move on so many levels: - #ViolaDavis is a force: courageous, gifted, intelligent, capable and add whatever other superlatives here to highlight what an #extraordinarywoman she is. - Today, Africa has 1.4 billion people but experts believe that number could double by mid-century. - There are now 50+ nations participating in the ACFTA (African Continental Free Trade Agreement) 2nd largest #freetrade region behind the WTO which could boost African GDP by $450 Billion by 2035. - 50% of people on the planet are under age 30; 42% are under 25% and that number is increasing. The majority are in the global south. - By about 2050, 40% of all the people under 18 in the world will be African. Can you imagine the geopolitical shifts in power 10, 15, 20yrs from now? #Africa is rising and the #Youthquake is here. 🙌🏻 More on the Youthquake & links in this article: https://lnkd.in/g3n6vKeH Namatai K. Nancy Giordano Erin Gallagher Zahara Chetty Geci Karuri-Sebina Tessa Finlev The Female Quotient