Episode 198: Imaginative Conservatism: The Letters of Russell Kirk edited by James E. Person, Jr.
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The Venezuelafication of American Politics
Welcome to The Tuesday, a newsletter about politics, language, culture, and three or four other things that were bothering me over the weekend.
The Pragmatic Virtues
Some of our friends on the right were just real, real, real big on virtue a few years back. Bill Bennett, you may recall, built for himself a ...
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The Venezuelafication of American Politics
Welcome to The Tuesday, a newsletter about politics, language, culture, and three or four other things that were bothering me over the weekend.
The Pragmatic Virtues
Some of our friends on the right were just real, real, real big on virtue a few years back. Bill Bennett, you may recall, built for himself a ...
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Did the Times Print an Urban Legend?
This week, the Times brings us a story from Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. The headline is: "Texas Hospital Says Man, 30, Died After Attending a ‘Covid Party,’” and what we get is a story with one source.
The story reveals itself in three paragraphs:
A 30-year-old man who believed the coronavirus ...
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Did the Times Print an Urban Legend?
This week, the Times brings us a story from Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. The headline is: "Texas Hospital Says Man, 30, Died After Attending a ‘Covid Party,’” and what we get is a story with one source.
The story reveals itself in three paragraphs:
A 30-year-old man who believed the coronavirus ...
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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US
Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide.
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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US
Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide.
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Don’t Blame Fauci
The president’s relationship with Anthony Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and has played a very public role in the country’s COVID-19 response, has gotten especially rocky. Fauci has expressed concerns about reopening and bluntly contradicted some of the ...
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Don’t Blame Fauci
The president’s relationship with Anthony Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and has played a very public role in the country’s COVID-19 response, has gotten especially rocky. Fauci has expressed concerns about reopening and bluntly contradicted some of the ...
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Gun Control’s Black Lives Matter Problem
June has been marked in recent years by a flurry of orange-clad marchers promoting National Gun Violence Awareness Month. This year’s planned gatherings, however, fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic and were overshadowed by Black Lives Matter’s nationwide protests against institutional racism within ...
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Gun Control’s Black Lives Matter Problem
June has been marked in recent years by a flurry of orange-clad marchers promoting National Gun Violence Awareness Month. This year’s planned gatherings, however, fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic and were overshadowed by Black Lives Matter’s nationwide protests against institutional racism within ...
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The Wrong Governors
Pretend for a moment that you are a journalist with a strong leaning in favor of progressivism and the Democratic Party, and you wish to make the argument that Democratic governors are doing a great job of mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.
If you use the measuring stick of fewest cases per million ...
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The Wrong Governors
Pretend for a moment that you are a journalist with a strong leaning in favor of progressivism and the Democratic Party, and you wish to make the argument that Democratic governors are doing a great job of mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.
If you use the measuring stick of fewest cases per million ...
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Remembering Joe Biden’s Newest Fan, Angela Davis
Last night, 76-year-old radical Angela Davis was trending on Twitter due to her endorsement of 77-year-old presidential hopeful Joe Biden. Bravely we go into the future, I guess. While no politician can control who supports them, apparently numerous pundits believe that the Davis endorsement is worthy of ...
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Remembering Joe Biden’s Newest Fan, Angela Davis
Last night, 76-year-old radical Angela Davis was trending on Twitter due to her endorsement of 77-year-old presidential hopeful Joe Biden. Bravely we go into the future, I guess. While no politician can control who supports them, apparently numerous pundits believe that the Davis endorsement is worthy of ...
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Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized with ‘Possible Infection’
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for "a possible infection," a Supreme Court spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Ginsburg was initially taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after experiencing "fever and chills." At 87 years old, Ginsburg is the ...
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Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized with ‘Possible Infection’
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for "a possible infection," a Supreme Court spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Ginsburg was initially taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after experiencing "fever and chills." At 87 years old, Ginsburg is the ...
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Coronavirus Prevention Is Not Worse Than the Disease
A common refrain in some circles is that many of the preventive measures taken against the coronavirus are doing more damage than the disease itself.
I confess that I’ve wondered about this, too. A New York Times article said that hundreds of millions of people could die in developing countries as a ...
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Coronavirus Prevention Is Not Worse Than the Disease
A common refrain in some circles is that many of the preventive measures taken against the coronavirus are doing more damage than the disease itself.
I confess that I’ve wondered about this, too. A New York Times article said that hundreds of millions of people could die in developing countries as a ...
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Bari Weiss Resigns from New York Times Due To ‘Constant Bullying’ By Colleagues
Opinion editor Bari Weiss resigned from The New York Times on Tuesday, penning a scathing letter of resignation in which she alleged that she was subjected to "constant bullying" from colleagues who deemed many of her ideas "wrongthink."
Weiss said she was hired by the Times in 2017 to bring in "voices that ...
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Bari Weiss Resigns from New York Times Due To ‘Constant Bullying’ By Colleagues
Opinion editor Bari Weiss resigned from The New York Times on Tuesday, penning a scathing letter of resignation in which she alleged that she was subjected to "constant bullying" from colleagues who deemed many of her ideas "wrongthink."
Weiss said she was hired by the Times in 2017 to bring in "voices that ...
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