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Episode 157: Farewell Address

October 18, 2019

As David moves on from National Review and from the Ordered Liberty podcast, David and Alexandra thank the listeners, talk about Syria and Ukraine, and discuss a surprising moment in ...

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Episode 156: Woke Capital’s Day of Reckoning

October 10, 2019

The progressive backlash against the NBA and what it means for the future of progressive corporate activism, the politics of impeachment, and a moral and strategic lamentation over the betrayal ...

Episode 155: Ukraine, Life, and Law

September 30, 2019

Breaking down the latest in the Ukraine controversy, a terrible scandal involving fetal remains, and recent victories for religious liberty.

Episode 154: Impeachment, Ukraine, and . . . Dan Lipinski?

September 26, 2019

The latest in the Trump–Ukraine scandal, weighing the political risks of impeachment, and the stakes for pro-life Democrat Dan Lipinski’s primary in Illinois next spring.

Episode 153: Trump’s Ukrainian Blues

September 23, 2019

David and Alexandra discuss Alexandra’s abortion debate at Yale, break down Trump’s Ukraine scandal, explain Biden’s problems, and then end by sharing stories of weightlifting greatness.

Episode 152: LARPing through the Overton Window

September 16, 2019

David and Alexandra introduce the concept of political LARPing (live-action role playing) and why it matters to the Democratic primary.

Episode 151: Why Viewpoint Neutrality Is Worth Defending

September 9, 2019

David and Alexandra discuss last week’s liberalism debate at Catholic University, hyper-partisanship and Elizabeth Warren’s unconstitutional proposals, and the latest abortion polling from Pew Research Center.

Episode 150: How Should Conservatives Respond to Liberal Bias?

September 6, 2019

David and Alexandra discuss conservative bias in the media, white-supremacist infiltration of conservative organizations, and the need to focus on principles rather than just fighting the Left.

Episode 149: It’s All Fun and Games until We Invade Denmark

August 21, 2019

David and Alexandra answer the burning question: Is Trump getting worse?

Episode 148: Warren’s Surge, Trump’s Woes

August 19, 2019

The meaning of the Warren polling surge and the Trump polling slump, who is the "least unappealing" Democrat, two members of "Squad" are caught partnering with vicious anti-Semites, and some ...

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By Robert VerBruggen

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Trump vs. the ‘Policy Community’

By Andrew C. McCarthy

When it comes to Russia, I am with what Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman calls the American “policy community.” Vindman, of course, is one of the House Democrats’ star impeachment witnesses. His haughtiness in proclaiming the policy community and his membership in it grates, throughout his 340-page ... Read More

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A Preposterous Review

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A Georgetown University professor named Charles King has reviewed my new book The Case for Nationalism for Foreign Affairs, and his review is a train wreck. It is worth dwelling on, not only because the review contains most of the lines of attack against my book, but because it is extraordinarily shoddy and ... Read More