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U.S. Trotting News
Oak Grove, KY — Just a reminder to horsemen and women that leg 2 of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for 2- and 3-year-olds will take place on Sunday (July 7) at Oak Grove. The box closes at 9 a.m. (CDT) on Tuesday (July 2). The finals and consolations are set to take place on the following Sunday (July 14). Some consolations may be carried over until Monday (July 15). The box will close at 9 a.m. (CDT) on Tuesday (July 9) for these races.
U.S. Trotting News
Reminder about Oak Grove qualifiers and opening day entries Oak Grove, KY — Just a reminder that Oak Grove will have qualifying races on Tuesday (March 26) at 11:00 a.m. (CST). Lasix will be given between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. The entry box closes on Monday (March 25) at Noon (CST). All paperwork must be up to date when entering the track. Entries for opening day Monday (April 1) will close on Wednesday (March 27) at 9:00 a.m. (CST). Condition sheets can be found on the USTA website.
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Oak Grove, KY — The first day of qualifiers for the 2024 meet at Oak Grove will take place¬†Tuesday (March 19) beginning at 11 a.m. (CDT). Lasix will be given between 6:30-7:30 a.m. Horses can ship directly into the paddock. All paperwork must be up to date. Horses will not be allowed on the grounds without proper paperwork (Coggins, Health Certificate and Herpes). Qualifiers will also be held next Tuesday (March 26). Post time will be at 11 a.m. Entries close on Monday (March 25) at noon.
U.S. Trotting News
Home / Track News / Oak Grove to host pre-meet qualifiers Oak Grove to host pre-meet qualifiers Oak Grove, KY — Oak Grove Racing & Gaming will conduct pre-meet qualifying races on Tuesday (March 19). Entries close at 12 noon (CDT) on Monday (March 18). Qualifiers will also be conducted on March 26, with entries closing on March 25 at 12 noon (CDT). The 2024 Oak Grove meet begins on April 1, and continues through July 16.
Liberal Practice: Rules for Speech on Campus
There has been a heated discussion—or rather, several rounds of poisonous name calling—over the issue of freedom of speech on college campuses in recent weeks. This was triggered in the first instance by the reactions of many on the Left to the October 7 attack by Hamas, and then by the actions of university administrators in response. This all came to a head with three university presidents being called before Rep.
Gilded Respite
The Peacock Room is an oasis. The ornate fin-de-siècle dining room is frozen out-of-time in the Freer Gallery at the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art. To reach it, I must first traverse the National Mall. I pass protestors and picket signs. One reads, “Stop Asian Hate.” Another, “Dismantle All Racist Colonial States.” The two miles between the Capitol steps and the Lincoln Memorial have been home to decades of demonstrations, but today identity is the real battleground.
Azam Ahmed on Mexico’s Violent Cartels
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Inspiration-and more Barbarism-in Belarus
Belarusian Vitali Alekseenok went abroad to develop his talent. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 2016 before moving to Germany for further studies at Weimar’s University of Music. A year ago, he won the prestigious Toscanini Conducting Competition in Parma. By that time, Vitali was already enmeshed in politics. After Belarus’ fraudulent election in summer 2020, Vitali traveled home from Germany to join pro-democracy protests in Minsk.
New Wave Dystopia
If one book epitomizes the genre of dystopian literature, it’s probably George Orwell’s 1984. But even dystopias change over time, and from today’s perspective, Orwell’s nightmare future can look a little dilapidated. Orwell could learn a lot, for instance, from Martha Wells’ delightful space adventure Murderbot series. The more recent novels reveal that dystopias are more commonly defined not by the experiences of the relatively privileged and affluent, but by the experiences of the most despised.
The Front Lines of Peace
As Russia’s war against Ukraine approaches its two-year mark, why is there still no negotiated end to it? And importantly, why is there unlikely to be one in the near future? At the least, four circumstances are currently hindering a compromise between Kyiv and Moscow. In March 2014, Russia formally annexed Crimea in order to officially make it part of its pseudo-federation.
Not a Serious Country
American foreign policy has been sucked totally into the dysfunction of our domestic politics, with devastating results for the future world order. Let me put this simply. Ukraine, after fiercely resisting the Russian full-scale invasion for two years, is now in the process of losing the war. The Ukrainian military has simply been running out of ammunition because the United States has cut off further military assistance.
Feb. 6: Natan Sharansky on Ukraine, Gaza and the West’s Wider Struggle
Please join American Purpose on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EST for a Zoom conversation with Natan Sharanksy on Ukraine, Gaza, and the west's wider struggle. Jeffrey Gedmin will moderate. Natan Sharansky became a household name during the Cold War. A prominent Soviet dissident, he was sentenced to thirteen years of forced labor. Sharansky was famously released in 1986 in an international prisoner exchange after his succession of hunger strikes and an international campaign on his behalf.
Life After the Ghetto
Aaron Ginns is a volunteer with 3GNY, a non-profit that connects the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors with speaking opportunities to share their families' stories. As January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, American Purpose's Michelle High spoke with Aaron about the importance of sharing his grandfather's concentration camp experience at a time of rising intolerance. Michelle High: Your grandfather was twelve years old when his Polish homeland was invaded by the Nazis.
Raymond Arsenault on John Lewis
You've successfully subscribed to American Purpose Great! Next, complete checkout for full access to American Purpose Welcome back! You've successfully signed in. Success! Your account is fully activated, you now have access to all content. Freedom Rider and Congressman John Lewis was widely viewed as a saint no less than a civil rights icon. How to capture the full humanity of such a legendary figure, whose life was intertwined with some of America’s lowest lows and highest highs?
Alsu, the KGB-and One Hundred Days Detained
Bautzen, less than an hour’s drive northeast of Dresden, is home to an infamous institution. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis used Bautzen’s prison for “protective custody” before transferring detainees to concentration camps. From 1945 to 1949, the Soviets crammed dissidents into overcrowded cells with little food and water and extracted confessions by torture. After 1949, the KGB’s trainee, the East German Stasi, incarcerated some two thousand political prisoners in Bautzen.
Netflix Takes on a Lion of Democracy
During the 1970s, I had the great fortune to work as an assistant to Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader who made an enormous, if undervalued, contribution to racial justice and American democracy. My association with Bayard—as a researcher for the A. Philip Randolph Institute—came a decade after the crucial years of racial protest in which Bayard played a central part as organizer, strategist, and theoretician.
What's Wrong with Liberalism: Theory
I published Liberalism and Its Discontents in 2022 in an effort to defend what I defined as classical liberalism from its critics on both the right and the left. I’m afraid that classical liberalism isn’t faring any better since then. At the moment it is under an existential threat from Donald Trump and the MAGA-fied Republican Party that he has created, but also from a radicalized progressive left whose popularity among younger Americans became evident after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
What's Wrong with Liberalism: Theory
I published Liberalism and Its Discontents in 2022 in an effort to defend what I defined as classical liberalism from its critics on both the right and the left. I’m afraid that classical liberalism isn’t faring any better since then. At the moment it is under an existential threat from Donald Trump and the MAGA-fied Republican Party that he has created, but also from a radicalized progressive left whose popularity among younger Americans became evident after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
Jan. 24: The Next America: The New Hampshire Primary, ft. Bill Galston, Tom Edsall, Carla Anne Robbins
Please join American Purpose on Wednesday, January 24th at 12:00 p.m. EST for a Zoom discussion on what the New Hampshire primary means for the United States and upcoming presidential election. Carla Anne Robbins will moderate a discussion with Bill Galston and Tom Esdall. William A. Galston, an editorial board member of American Purpose, holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program. He writes a weekly column for The Wall Street Journal.
The Revolution Will Be Podcasted
Not long ago, concepts like populism and democratic backsliding became fashionable among intellectuals outside political science departments. Mainstream political discourse began to borrow ideas directly from some of the latest academic scholarship—and in a big way. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, two widely respected political scientists, wrote a book called How Democracies Die that became a New York Times bestseller.
The Unlikely Showman
The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster (William Morrow, 384 pp., $26.39) Volodymyr Zelensky is among the world’s most famous political figures. Already he had an unlikely path to becoming Ukraine’s president in 2019. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, his physical and moral courage was extraordinary.
Economies of Scale, Part III: Power, Inequality, and Dependence
Living in the modern world entails existing within an extensive division of labor, one that is ultimately driven by economies of scale. As noted in my previous post, that division of labor allows us to find our niche in society by specializing. We become dependent on a vast array of other individuals, but we also have opportunities for developing specialized skills, interests, and occupations. But scale has many downsides as well that are at the root of many of our society’s problems.
Jan. 9: The Next America: Biden Vs. Trump, ft. Bill Kristol
On Tuesday, January 9th at 9:00 a.m. EST, Bill Kristol will join Jeff Gedmin, co-founder of American Purpose, to discuss Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s re-election prospects. Please join us for this free Zoom event. Registration information below. William Kristol is editor-at-large of The Bulwark. He was a founder of The Weekly Standard, and is a regular guest on leading political commentary shows.
U.S. Trotting News
Corbin, KY — The box for both the Monday and Tuesday draw at Cumberland Run will close at 9 a.m. Box closes Wednesday (Oct. 25) for Monday and Thursday (Oct. 26) for Tuesday. The condition sheet incorrectly said p.m. instead of a.m.
U.S. Trotting News
Corbin, KY — The box for Tuesday (Oct. 24) at Cumberland Run will close on Thursday (Oct. 19) at 9 a.m. Entries can be made at 270.586.7778, ext. 658 or 765.621.8050.
U.S. Trotting News
Corbiin, KY — Just a reminder that the box for the opening draw at Cumberland Run closes Tuesday (Oct. 10) at 9 a.m. Entries can be made online or by calling 765.621.8050 or 618.263.7809. Racing will start on Sunday (Oct. 15). Racing will be conducted each Sunday through Tuesday through Nov. 7 with a 1 p.m. post. Racing will be conducted at our brand new facility located in Corbin, Ky. Any questions about the meet can be directed to Race Secretary Kevin Mack at 765.621.8050.
The Kleptocratic Sources of Russia's Conduct
In a shrewd dissection of the Russian leadership’s approach toward its own people and the wider world, in 2009 political analyst Daniel Kimmage offered a grim view of things to come: “Expect things to get worse before they get better.” Zeroing in on one powerful factor bound to shape the Kremlin’s conduct in a more troubling direction, he wrote: “The primary goal of the Russian elite is not to advance an abstract ideal of the national interest or restore some imagined Soviet idyll.” Rather,...
The Weimarization of the American Republic
“The Democratic Party,” wrote the late Walter Laqueur, was “liberal and slightly left-of-centre in outlook, progressive but not too much so, in favour of reform but afraid of going too far. . . . They had quite a few professors among their leading supporters and also some bankers and industrialists, but for the majority of academics . . .
Senate GOP Will Face Own Jury Soon Enough
Kevin Mack & Nathaly Arriola, New York Daily News February 4, 2020 After two weeks of Americans watching the Senate impeachment trial unfold, one thing is now entirely clear. Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, have made a bet. They are betting that the American people are not paying attention to the new precedent set by Senate Republicans — that this president and future presidents can abuse their power, obstruct Congress and not be held accountable.
Senate Republicans will face their own jury soon enough
By Kevin Mack and Nathaly Arriola New York Daily News | Feb 03, 2020 | 2:34 PM Recent history is not in favor of Mitch McConnell (left) and his colleagues such as Sen. Martha McSally, Cory Gardner, Joni Ernst and Susan Collins (right) — all of whom face tough reelections. (AP) After two weeks of Americans watching the Senate impeachment trial unfold, one thing is now entirely clear. Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, have made a bet.
The Democrats’ impeachment abdication
By Kevin Mack and Nathaly Arriola New York Daily News | Sep 19, 2019 | 3:00 PM US President Donald Trump walks alongside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he departs following the Friends of Ireland Luncheon in honor of Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 14, 2019.
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Impeaching Trump
There has never been a president as corrupt and dangerous to our democracy as Donald Trump. Democrats—with more than 77 percent of the party’s voters supporting impeachment—can use this to their advantage by listening to the Democratic base leading up to the midterms. In an election year that is going to come down to energizing the base of the party, talking about impeachment is not just politically smart for Democrats, it’s the morally right thing to do.
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