The Mona Charen Show
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Our Unchristian Churches (with Pete Wehner)
Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss populism's rise in Europe, the crisis in evangelical churches, and some personal stories.Highlights & Lowlights:Mona: Arizona’s School Choice Election - The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/arizonas-school-choice-election-katie-hobbs-education-savings-accounts-governor-doug-ducey-11663335266)What Country Is the Wall Street Journal Living In? - The Bulwark (https://www.thebulwark.com/what-country-is-the-wall-street-journal-living-in/)Damon: The Permanent Problem (https://brinklindsey.substack.com/)Linda: Opinion | The Sad, Familiar Demise of the Expanded Child Tax Credit - Politico (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/28/poor-kids-just-dont-matter-in-american-politics-00059018)Bill: Of Boys And Men - Richard V. Reeves (https://richardvreeves.com/books/)Pete: ’Secret thank you’: Roger Federer spills on iconic hand holding image with Nadal - news.com.au (https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/secret-thank-you-roger-federer-spills-on-iconic-hand-holding-image-with-nadal/news-story/722dae3be8175e28152dee4533e6ad07) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump and Putin Both Had a Bad Week (with Benjamin Wittes)
Benjamin Wittes joins the panel (including Will Saletan) to discuss Trump's triple legal woes, Putin's nuclear saber rattling, and Electoral Count Act reform finally happening.Highlights & Lowlights:Benjamin Wittes: Show of support for Ukraine takes ugly turn outside Russian Consulate in Montreal - CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/russian-consulate-montreal-ukraine-1.6588382)Mona: The U.S. and the Holocaust - PBS (https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/us-and-the-holocaust/)Will: North Korea denies supplying weapons to Russia - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62873987)Linda: Carnegie Politika - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (https://carnegieendowment.org/politika)Damon: ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/17/us/american-democracy-threats.html) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Imagining Victory (with Noah Smith)
Noah Smith joins the group to consider Ukraine’s stunning counterattack, as well as inflation and DeSantis' stunt with asylum seekers. Highlights & Lowlights: Mona: The Demagogue's Playbook (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250303042/thedemagoguesplaybook) Linda: How Trump lost one of his biggest fights — and nobody noticed - Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/14/trump-confederacy-military-bases/) Damon: Prepare for Russia itself to disintegrate - The Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/13/prepare-collapse-russian-empire/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reading Midterm Tea Leaves (with Josh Barro)
Josh Barro joins the group to reflect on Queen Elizabeth, analyze President Biden's democracy speech, interpret the midterm tea leaves, and evaluate what lessons we must learn from the poor US response to COVID-19.Highlights & LowlightsMona: How Not To Write A Constitution - Persuasion (https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-not-to-write-a-constitution)Bill: How reactionary is MAGA? Try the first century B.C. - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/07/jd-vance-fascist-roman-imperialist-caesar/)Linda: The Man Who Won the Republican Party Before Trump Did - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/opinion/pat-buchanan-donald-trump.html)Damon: Mark Lilla: Yearning for Questions - Meditations with Zohar (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mark-lilla-yearning-for-questions/id1608391571?i=1000578690878) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
He Is a Sucking Black Hole of Disaster (with Megan McArdle)
Republicans know the 'Trump magic' isn't working, so when is the party going to get rid of him? Plus, ground zero in the midterms meme warfare, the politics of student loan relief, and special segment "What Are You Watching?" Megan McArdle and guest host Sonny Bunch join the panel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How to Defeat Putin . . . and Trump (with Eric Edelman)
Eric Edelman joins the panel to discuss how to help Ukraine win. The panel also addresses Biden's student loan forgiveness and yea or nay on prosecuting Trump.Highlights & LowlightsMona: What Biden could gain from pardoning Trump - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/18/trump-pardon-biden-benefit/)Linda: The Trump Warrant Had No Legal Basis - The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trump-warrant-had-no-legal-basis-mar-a-lago-affidavit-presidential-records-act-archivist-custody-classified-fbi-garland-11661170684)Damon: Prosecuting Trump: A Reply to Josh Marshall - Lawfare (https://www.lawfareblog.com/prosecuting-trump-reply-josh-marshall)Bill: Yes, Special Elections Really Are Signaling A Better-Than-Expected Midterm For Democrats - FiveThirtyEight (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/yes-special-elections-really-are-signaling-a-better-than-expected-midterm-for-democrats/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I'm Sorry, That's Classified
Former CIA officer David Priess joins the group to consider Trump's secrets squirreled away in Mar-a-Lago, the "woke" FBI, the Democrats' prospects in the midterms, and much more. And Cathy Young sits in for Linda Chavez.Highlights/Lowlights:Mona's:https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-dubious-transgender-science-jack-turban-research-social-contagion-gender-dysphoria-puberty-blockers-uk-11660732791 David's :https://twitter.com/ErinSikorsky/status/1547551734465286148?s=20&t=5bYpYiqMffg2JsL7lVQpkw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
GOP vs. Rule of Law (with Ted Nordhaus)
Ted Nordhaus of the Breakthrough Institute answers doubts about nuclear energy. And the panel (including Walter Olson) then turns to the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search warrant and the GOP meltdown. Also, Biden had a good week. Will it matter? Highlights & Lowlights Mona: The Shovel’s view on the Donald Trump FBI raid - The Shovel (https://www.theshovel.com.au/2022/08/10/the-shovels-view-on-the-fbis-raid-on-donald-trumps-home/) Linda: Behind the headlines: What is the Afghan Adjustment Act? - International Rescue Committee (https://www.rescue.org/article/behind-headlines-what-afghan-adjustment-act) Bill: As China Plans Drills Circling Taiwan, U.S. Officials Fear a Squeeze Play - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/us/politics/china-exercises-taiwan-fears.html) Walter Olson: Code Snitching: Nashvillians Are Weaponizing Metro Codes Against ‘Undesirable’ Neighbors - Nashville Scene (https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/code-snitching-nashvillians-are-weaponizi[…]ighbors/article_5e94bd56-0c67-11ed-af4e-e3d04ad7e500.html) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kansas Shocker (with A.B. Stoddard)
A.B. Stoddard helps analyze this week's primary election results and also tackles the 2024 question: If not Biden, who?Highlights & Lowlights:Linda: The Jan. 6 Committee’s Findings Have Met the Appropriately High Bar for Prosecuting Trump - The UnPopulist (https://theunpopulist.substack.com/p/the-jan-6-committees-findings-have?utm_source=email)Damon: The Violent Fantasies of Blake Masters - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/opinion/blake-masters-arizona-senate.html)How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/magazine/claremont-institute-conservative.html) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Indict Them All? (with Nicholas Grossman)
Arc Digital's Nicholas Grossman joins the Beg to Differ panel to debate prosecuting Trump, and to weigh the impact of the GOP's crazy candidates. In the lightning round, we cover the Manchin deal, the Respect for Marriage Act, Brittney Griner, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Did the January 6 Committee Make a Difference? (with Tom Nichols)
Tom Nichols joins the group (plus Jon Ward) to discuss the committee's work, the polls on Trump's standing in the GOP, the Secret Service, Ukraine, Democrats boosting Trumpy candidates, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Patchwork Nation on Abortion (with Frances Kissling)
After a multi-decade project to reverse Roe, the two biggest issues right now are interstate travel and pregnancy-terminating pills. Guest host Will Saletan, guest Frances Kissling, and the panel address abortion access and the politics of it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can Democrats do Politics? (with Ruy Teixeira)
Ruy Teixeira joins Beg to Differ to consider abortion, guns, crime, and other issues on which Democrats can't seem to find the sweet spot. Also, is there any chance for a moderate party?Highlights & LowlightsLinda: How Unlikely Is It That the Audits of Comey and McCabe Were a Coincidence? A Statistical Exploration. - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/upshot/comey-mccabe-tax-audits.html)Damon: Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low - Gallup (https://news.gallup.com/poll/394283/confidence-institutions-down-average-new-low.aspx) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The End of Roe and Trump's Pathology (with Peter Wehner & Ted Johnson)
The Atlantic's Peter Wehner joins the group (plus Ted Johnson) to discuss the reasoning and implications of the Dobbs decision. The panel then considers the impact of Cassidy Hutchinson and other testimony. Air going out of the Trump balloon? Highlights & Lowlights: Mona: Baltimore Police interns could help ease recruitment woes, improve community relations as pilot program launches - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/baltimore-police-interns-could-help-ease-recruitment-woes-improve-community-relations-as-pilot-program-launches/2022/06/27/dbb39ee4-f65d-11ec-b665-98b884bdef6e_story.html) Linda: Supreme Court Sides With Biden’s Efforts to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/us/politics/biden-remain-in-mexico-scotus.html) Love the show but hate the ads? Bulwark+ members get exclusive access to an ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Sign up here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
“Wintry realism.” (with David Frum)
The Atlantic’s David Frum joins the group to discuss the January 6 committee’s purpose and the prospects for a non-Trump in 2024. Plus, guns, the gas tax holiday, Uvalde, and Biden’s trip Saudi Arabia. Highlights & Lowlights: Mona: Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland’s Shoes. (New York Times) - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/opinion/trump-merrick-garland-january-6-committee.html Linda: Will Biden Bring Back the Campus Star Chambers? (Commentary) - https://www.commentary.org/articles/kc-johnson/will-biden-resurrect-obama-era-title-ix-procedures/ Love the show but hate the ads? Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive, ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Sign up here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Republicans are Dangerous; Democrats are Ineffectual (with Charlie Sykes)
Charlie Sykes joins the group to discuss the January 6 hearings, Biden's record, and inflation (we warned about it!) Highlights & Lowlights: Mona: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/15/democratic-dark-money-extreme-republicans/ Linda: https://www.vox.com/23169861/daca-immigration-dreamer-democrats-united-we-dream Damon: https://wisdomofcrowds.live/its-not-about-democracy/ Bill: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/opinion/germany-scholz-russia-ukraine.html Love the show but hate the ads? Bulwark+ members get exclusive access to an ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Sign up here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/subscribe?utm_source=menu&simple=true&next=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.thebulwark.com%2Fabout%3Futm_source%3Dsubscribe_email%26utm_content%3Dlearn_more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is Biden Too Old for a Second Term? (with Matt Bennett)
Third Way's Matt Bennett help dissect the primaries so far, the January 6 hearings, and the question of who will be the Democrats' 2024 nominee. Highlights and Lowlights: Mona: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/january-6-hearings-mike-pence-service-democracy/661224/ Linda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/06/bus-denver-pendemic-violence/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is Gun Control Futile? (with David French)
David French joins the group this week to consider gun control efforts, the gun culture, and the state of the war in Ukraine.Notes: https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/mass-shootings.html https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/01/fact-check-did-mass-shootings-triple-after-assault-weapon-ban-ended/9941501002/ Highlights & Lowlights: Mona: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/31/not-too-late-student-loans-00036005 Linda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/01/hinckley-release-reagan/ Damon: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/opinion/republicans-religion-conservatism.html David French: https://www.thebulwark.com/top-gun-maverick-review/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Drowning in Guns under Minority Rule (with A.B. Stoddard)
Guest host A.B. Stoddard joins guests Tom Nichols, Yahoo News' Jon Ward, and regular Linda Chavez to discuss America's gun culture, the prospects for bipartisan gun legislation, and the Democrats' lack of confidence versus the party that's about nothing. Plus, Trump's week of humiliation.Highlights/lowlights: A.B. Stoddard's: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/opinion/grief.html Linda Chavez's: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/25/george-p-bush-latino-republican-trumpism/ Jon Ward's: https://www.amazon.com/We-Need-Build-Diverse-Democracy/dp/0807024066/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1653596224&refinements=p_27%3AEboo+Patel&s=books&sr=1-1 Love the show but hate the ads? Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive, ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Join Here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Challenge of Diversity (with Yascha Mounk)
Yascha Mounk joins the panel to talk about the optimistic case for diverse democracies -- and primary results. Highlights of the Week Mona's pick: What’s Behind America’s Shocking Baby-Formula Shortage? (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-abbott-recall/629828/) Love the show but hate the ads? Bulwark+ members get exclusive access to an ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Voting Rights and Abortion Rights (with Ben Ginsberg)
Election law expert Ben Ginsberg offers insight on threats to confidence in elections. The panel then considers the Dobbs fallout from several angles — partisan, racial, and legal.Want to listen without ads? Bulwark+ members get exclusive access to an ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Learn more: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Abortion and Climate. Can We Get More Contentious? (with Robert Pindyck)
MIT’s Robert Pindyck shares wisdom on climate and joins the discussion of the Roe draft opinion.Highlights & LowlightsMona - America Won’t Ever Be Majority Minority (https://www.persuasion.community/p/yascha-mounk-america-wont-ever-be?s=r)Linda - Cuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/world/americas/cuban-migration-united-states.html)Damon - Twitter Thread #1 (https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1521803362152374274?s=20&t=UB8AumtJTJE-4hHbd65GRg)Damon - Twitter Thread #2 (https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1521465315493822464?s=20&t=ngqm-NTPq5ySwIqN_ooXNg)Want to listen without ads? An exclusive ad-free version of Beg to Differ is available exclusively to paying members of Bulwark+. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Macron Moment in the US? (with guest host Josh Barro)
Guest Host Josh Barro and the panel discuss the French elections, and the possibility of a centrist third party in the US. Plus, corporate free speech — and will Musk break Twitter? Highlights & Lowlights: Josh Barro's: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/peter-suderman-schools-me-and-you?s=r Bill Galston's: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-04-01/francis-fukuyama-liberalism-country Damon Linker's: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/madison-cawthorn-scandals-list-insider-trading-lingerie-driving-lying-cocaine-orgies-gun-knife.html, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/political-correctness-is-losing.html, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/ron-desantis-disney-dont-say-gay-banana-republic-florida-authoritarian.html Want to listen without ads? Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive, ad-free feed. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jared vs. Hunter
Arc Digital's Nicholas Grossman joins the group to consider the mask mandate, the corruption of presidential relatives, and James Carville's advice about "weird Republicans."Highlights & Lowlights Mona: "Mike Lee’s Role in Trump’s Attempted Coup" (The Bulwark): https://www.thebulwark.com/mike-lees-role-in-trumps-attempted-coup/ Linda: "Handing Putin the Nuclear Advantage" (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/articles/handing-vladimir-putin-the-nuclear-advantage-joe-biden-pentagon-sea-launched-nuclear-cruise-missile-russia-11650487990 Damon: "Putin’s Unholy War" (The Atlantic): https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/peacefield/625f207c9cda680020dd1c82/russia-ukraine-invasion-religion-holy-war/ Want to listen without ads? Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive, ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Inflation Monster (with Noah Smith)
Noah Smith joins to consider whether inflation is really as bad as it looks and whether we can ever have a sensible immigration policy in our divided country.Notable Links: From Mona: "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid" (The Atlantic): https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/ From Linda: "Point of Compact" (Quillette): https://quillette.com/2022/04/12/point-of-compact/ From Bill: "Christianism" (Liberties): https://libertiesjournal.com/articles/christianism/ From Damon: "Le Pen and Trump Could Succeed Where the Russian Army Failed" (The Bulwark): https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/le-pen-and-trump-could-succeed-where?s=w An ad-free version of this podcast is available exclusively to paying members of Bulwark+. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Putin's American Friends (with Eric Edelman)
Eric Edelman joins to discuss war crimes, defense spending, and Putinists abroad and at home. Mona's highlight: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/heres-the-chart-you-need-to-understand?s=r Linda's highlight: https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/orbans-china-infatuation/ Bill's highlight: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/texts/1963_MLK_Letter_Abridged.pdf Want to hear an ad-free version of this podcast? Join Bulwark+ to get access to all of the Bulwark's podcasts without advertising. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lock Him Up?
The Atlantic’s Jonathan Rauch joins the group (including Cathy Young) to consider whether a federal judge saying Trump is a likely criminal should spur DOJ? Also, the “Don’t Say Gay” law, Ginni Thomas, Biden’s popularity, and more.Highlights & Lowlights: Mona's highlight: DCist: Maryland Will No Longer Require Four-Year Degrees For Thousands Of State Jobs (https://dcist.com/story/22/03/15/maryland-college-degree-requirement/) Damon's highlight: NY Times: Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/opinion/ukraine-clash-of-civilizations.html) Damon's other highlight: Slow Boring: Ukraine and the end of history (https://www.slowboring.com/p/ukraine-and-the-end-of-history?s=r) Bill Galston and Jonathan Rauch's highlight: Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792325/secretcity) Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Monsters and Jackasses
The Washington Post's Charles Lane joins the group to mull whether Putin is intimidating the West with nuclear threats and if so, how to respond? Also, the KBJ hearings reveal a GOP deep into "jackassery." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ukraine and the West Surprise Putin . . . and Ourselves
Ukraine's brave stand against Russia has united Americans behind them. Will this new found bipartisanship mute extremists on the right and left? Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/berkeley-enrollment-climate-crisis.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541?st=tntg9j85l4ay6gx&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-russia-voznesensk-town-battle-11647444734 Bulwark+ members can listen to an ad-free version of this podcast to your player of choice. Learn more at Bulwark+ Podcast FAQ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ukrainians Dodge Missiles. Can We Dodge Involvement? Should We?
Attorney George Conway joins to discuss how war has changed America already. Also, the legal and political case for prosecuting Trump. Bulwark+ members can listen to an ad-free version of this podcast to your player of choice. Learn more at Bulwark+ Podcast FAQ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Week Where Decades Happened (with Kori Schake)
American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake joins the panel to analyze the Russian invasion and the risks of a wider war. Damon's Link: I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era. (New York Times) Mona's Link: Children First: Why Family Structure and Stability Matter for Children (Institute for Family Studies) Linda's Link: United States v. Donald Trump: A "Model Prosecution Memo" on the Conspiracy to Pressure Vice President Pence (Just Security) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hinge Moment of History
AEI's Adam White joins the group to consider whether the invasion of Ukraine will shake the US from its decline into imbecility. Also whither the Supreme Court?Highlights/Lowlights:https://www.progressivepolicy.org/publication/the-new-politics-of-evasion%20%5Bprogressivepolicy-org%5D/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/ukraine-invasion-putin-goals-what-expect/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
San Francisco Sends Democrats a Message
George Will joins to discuss the San Francisco warning, the Republicans' drift, and the inflation danger. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/opinion/electoral-count-act.html https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3836 https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1494312565287047174?s=20&t=KIA-Mjj7utMz9Fin2Qk9Dg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Open Everything?
Tom Nichols joins the panel to discuss whether it's time to end Covid restrictions, Ukraine and democracy, and "legitimate political discourse."Highlights/Lowlights:https://cathy.arcdigital.media/p/the-problem-with-covid-contrarianism?r=2k4r8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webhttps://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-nyt-article-on-mmt-is-reallyhttps://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/politics-current-affairs/2022/02/race-a-word-of-surprisingly-recent-and-uncertain-origin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Canceling We Will Go
Peter Wehner joins the group, which includes Bill Kristol this week, to discuss the Whoopi Goldberg and other cancel controversies, as well as Trump's acknowledgement of attempting a coup. And who's really abandoning democracy, Republicans or Democrats? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Putin Wants to Turn Back the Clock
Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama joins the group to discuss Ukraine and the impact of a new Supreme Court justice on politics and jurisprudence. Highlights/Lowlights: https://twitter.com/prchovanec/status/1485622322799255553?s=20&t=a9dVZafEdqi8nszn5EenFQ https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/the-pursuits-of-liberty https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/texas-synagogue-antisemitism.html Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Francis Fukuyama, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Do's and Don'ts of Democracy Protection
CATO's Walter Olson brings his libertarian insight to a discussion of voting rights and wrongs — and Biden's first year. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/illiberalism-left-right.html https://www.slowboring.com/p/electoral-count-act https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-reactionary-trap?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxODI2MTM0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NzExNTMyNSwiXyI6IkpGY08yIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQyNzA5MTA4LCJleHAiOjE2NDI3MTI3MDgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi02MTU3OSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.dV0Uvgja24vvQziTyNwlYC6lcNMjkdEtheiKfB-ck4Q https://web.archive.org/web/20130124224036/http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2012/06/tt_thou_shalt.html https://imightbewrong.substack.com/p/lets-honor-mlks-birthday-by-being https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/1/the-fallacies-of-the-common-good https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2021-12/cpr-v43n6-1.pdf Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Walter Olson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Biden's Nadir Week?
A.B. Stoddard and Ben Parker join the group to discuss Biden's kamikaze voting rights push and Putin's threats to Ukraine. Highlights/Lowlights: https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20 https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/ https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860 Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Ben Parker, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Death of the Conservative Party
NY Times columnist Bret Stephens joins the panel, including Norm Ornstein, to discuss the GOP in the wake of Jan 6 and whether the Democrats are missing the boat on ECA and voting reform. Special Guests: Bret Stephens, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Norman J. Ornstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Were the Clintonites Right after All?
The centrist wing of the democratic party is making a bit of a comeback. With Joe Manchin calling the shots on BBB — and cultural issues like "defund the police" not winning even among Black and Hispanic voters — is it time for the Democratic leadership to stand up to the progressives? The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein is this week's special guest. Highlights/Lowlights: https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Ron Brownstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Was January 6 a Coup Attempt?
The Washington Post's Dan Balz joins the panel to discuss the January 6 committee, whether Biden will/should seek reelection, and how the pandemic has affected work/family balance. Highlights/Lowlights: https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/donald-trumps-megaphone https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-15/the-pro-immigrant-case-against-new-york-city-s-noncitizen-voting?sref=z9I1fo2Y https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/242113/jfk-by-fredrik-logevall/ https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2015/12/18/9360663/is-democracy-in-trouble Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Dan Balz, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Resentful Animosities
Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss threats to democracy, the GOP's gun fetish, and more. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853 https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/ https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
If Roe Goes
Slate's Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden's opportunities to recover. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/ https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/ https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Scary Is Inflation?
Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/ https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/ https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Noah Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The DeSantis Temptation
The Atlantic’s David Frum joins to discuss inflation, the economy, immigration, and the call to back Ron DeSantis in 2024. Highlights/Lowlights: https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-fox-news-fallacy https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054137225/nearly-1-million-kids-ages-5-11-will-have-their-first-covid-shots-by-the-end-of- https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-08/niall-ferguson-america-s-woke-universities-need-to-be-replaced https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/11/after-afghanistan-poll-finds-alienation-and-desire-connection/186771/ https://rdi.org/frontlines-of-freedom/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Whiff of Maoism
NY Magazine’s Jonathan Chait joins, along with the Bulwark’s Amanda Carpenter, to discuss the BBB deal (if there is one) and cancel culture. Highlights/Lowlights: https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1453752698130534404?s=20 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-for-taiwan-could-come-soon-china-navy-defense-11635349097 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/opinion/cohousing-mothers-pandemic-community.html Special Guests: Amanda Carpenter, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Jonathan Chait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Democrats’ Sinking Poll Numbers
Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378 Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why You Can't Bracket Trump
Protect Democracy's Ian Bassin joins to discuss how he's working to counter threats. Also the VA governor's race. Mentioned articles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/our-planet-is-not-doomed-that-means-we-can-must-act/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/12/hunter-biden-corruption-515583 https://www.brookings.edu/essay/the-long-game-chinas-grand-strategy-to-displace-american-order/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Ian Bassin, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
“I Resent Being Called Cheerful."
George F. Will joins B2D panel to discuss his new book, and also whether Facebook should be regulated, and the Democrats' hopes for social welfare. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, George F. Will, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Democrats are Divided. Republicans are United -- as a cult. How worried should we be?
A.B. Stoddard joins to discuss why we can't have nice things in America. Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices