Your manifesto is spot on. I came to Substack for ideas and conversations. I found both on your platform. I am thrilled to be here and be a paid subscriber. Your questioning often causes me to think about things differently. I have no friends that are interested in foreign policy or foreign affairs, and find myself feeling isolated at times (yes here in Manhattan). Everyone, it seems, is only into their own flavor of outrage. It’s a real joy to be part of your conversations with wide ranging guests who speak my language, I especially enjoy your podcast with Dany. Wishing you continued success!
Ms. Labott, I do appreciate your independent reporting and your ability to speak to and with differing opinions. The problem with journalism today is that there is no common grounding in the American creed. A free press must hold authority to account for not being faithful to those principles and the Constitution as well as themselves. A free press must work to further freedom for individuals from government overreach if they wish to be a free press. Take care.
Related: outside of the app, you can send a gift subscription by clicking on your icon in the top right corner, then from the drop down list click “Manage Subscription”, and from there you should see an option to gift a subscription for one month or one year. You just need an email for the recipient.
Unrelated: Today’s The Daily is about what drives political violence. It’s super uncomfortable, but definitely in the Elise/Cosmopolitics lane. The guest is Robert Pape from the University of Chicago. The situation seems untenable, but I would love to hear more on the Cosmopolitics PoV on political violence in America.
Elise- thank you for allowing me to comment as a non-paying subscriber. I have appreciated what you have written here, some of it really. I would not stop coming here because some of the conversation with Danielle was imo "insufficient". That said I have to say, though Substack is a real boon and there is a list of those who I subscribe to, feeling it mandatory, there is a another list of those to which I would become a paid subscriber. That would add to my annual bill making it a substantial expenditure. How many are going to do this? Information has to get out. People also need the time to tend to it.. to think... the truth (there is such a thing). Both sides of the issues and then worthy opinion. All this now is on us to curate. That is aiding divisions too.
Not that you should not be paid- you *should* be. But this way of individual journalists having their own "stacks" that need $ support has its problems.
FYI- I continue to subscribe to the NYTimes. WAPO is running out for us. The Guardian is begging. The WSJ we have still. The Atlantic came up the rear- is great. Good jounalists keep appearing in publications. There are many. How much does it cost to be an informed citizen? This is an important topic in the larger issue about keeping our democracy.
PS Great photo of you!! Thank you for what you do.
Your manifesto is spot on. I came to Substack for ideas and conversations. I found both on your platform. I am thrilled to be here and be a paid subscriber. Your questioning often causes me to think about things differently. I have no friends that are interested in foreign policy or foreign affairs, and find myself feeling isolated at times (yes here in Manhattan). Everyone, it seems, is only into their own flavor of outrage. It’s a real joy to be part of your conversations with wide ranging guests who speak my language, I especially enjoy your podcast with Dany. Wishing you continued success!
Thanks for the kind words and your support, Edward. Glad to have you as part of our community!
Ms. Labott, I do appreciate your independent reporting and your ability to speak to and with differing opinions. The problem with journalism today is that there is no common grounding in the American creed. A free press must hold authority to account for not being faithful to those principles and the Constitution as well as themselves. A free press must work to further freedom for individuals from government overreach if they wish to be a free press. Take care.
Related: outside of the app, you can send a gift subscription by clicking on your icon in the top right corner, then from the drop down list click “Manage Subscription”, and from there you should see an option to gift a subscription for one month or one year. You just need an email for the recipient.
Unrelated: Today’s The Daily is about what drives political violence. It’s super uncomfortable, but definitely in the Elise/Cosmopolitics lane. The guest is Robert Pape from the University of Chicago. The situation seems untenable, but I would love to hear more on the Cosmopolitics PoV on political violence in America.
Elise- thank you for allowing me to comment as a non-paying subscriber. I have appreciated what you have written here, some of it really. I would not stop coming here because some of the conversation with Danielle was imo "insufficient". That said I have to say, though Substack is a real boon and there is a list of those who I subscribe to, feeling it mandatory, there is a another list of those to which I would become a paid subscriber. That would add to my annual bill making it a substantial expenditure. How many are going to do this? Information has to get out. People also need the time to tend to it.. to think... the truth (there is such a thing). Both sides of the issues and then worthy opinion. All this now is on us to curate. That is aiding divisions too.
Not that you should not be paid- you *should* be. But this way of individual journalists having their own "stacks" that need $ support has its problems.
FYI- I continue to subscribe to the NYTimes. WAPO is running out for us. The Guardian is begging. The WSJ we have still. The Atlantic came up the rear- is great. Good jounalists keep appearing in publications. There are many. How much does it cost to be an informed citizen? This is an important topic in the larger issue about keeping our democracy.
PS Great photo of you!! Thank you for what you do.