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In ways both subtle and decidedly not, American foreign policy is a-changin'. Eli Lake joins James and Steve to caution against cuts to the National Endowment for Democracy and to nod approvingly of the Trump administration's boldness in the Middle East. We also get into "Breaking History," Eli's new podcast that pushes back against disheartening presentism by coloring today's headlines with historical antecedents.
Plus, Lileks and Hayward applaud J.D. Vance's New Sheriff tour in Europe, and say their goodbyes to copper change.
- Sound from this week's open: Vice President Vance addresses the Munich Security Conference.
James Lileks
Steve Hayward
Eli Lake
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Biggest reason for Europe to fall behind on AI is that AI requires energy, and Europe is not interested in energy.
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No copper coins, eh?
Well, zinc is important too!
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Based, of course, on the 1940 classic, A Case of Spring Fever:
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Looking back to Thomas Paine advocating the French Revolution isn't exactly a positive in my book...
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Anne Applebaum is so strange you couldn't put her in fiction.
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