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Episode 79: Sam Nunberg

December 26, 2018

Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg opens up about the Trump presidency, his mentor Roger Stone, the state of the Russia investigation, and much more.

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Episode 78: Chuck Todd

December 17, 2018

Chuck Todd discusses the state of the media in the Trump era, the men who influenced Donald Trump, his own influences, and so much more.

Episode 77: Mike Morell

December 11, 2018

Former acting director of the CIA Mike Morell opens up about the first two years of the Trump administration, the state of conflicts around the world, and more.

Episode 76: Michelle Fields

November 20, 2018

Michelle Fields opens up about the first two years of the Trump administration, the 2016 election, being a young pundit, motherhood, and so much more.

Episode 75: Bill Kristol

November 15, 2018

Bill Kirstol opens up about Trump’s first two years, trying to find a 2020 GOP primary challenger, the Mueller investigation, and much more.

Episode 74: Philippe Reines

November 5, 2018

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Philippe Reines opens up about Trump’s presidency, whether he is as bad as Trump when it comes to inflammatory rhetoric, ...

Episode 73: Tucker Carlson

October 15, 2018

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Tucker Carlson opens up about his relationship with Trump, his new book Ship of Fools, the state of cable news, and ...

Episode 72: Max Boot

October 3, 2018

Max Boot opens up about why he left the Republican Party, why he has changed his mind on various political issues since the election of Donald Trump, and much more.

Episode 71: Matt Schlapp

September 28, 2018

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Matt Schlapp opens up about his relationship with President Trump, his thoughts on Brett Kavanaugh, on who he would not invite ...

Episode 70: Brian Stelter

September 12, 2018

In the latest episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show, Brian Stelter discusses covering the media in the Age of Trump, his thoughts on media bias, and much more.

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If, as I wrote last week here, Joe Biden may save the Democratic party from a horrible debacle at the polls next year, Beto O’Rourke may be doing the whole process a good turn now. Biden, despite his efforts to masquerade as the vanguard of what is now called progressivism, is politically sane and, if ... Read More

Education

Ivy-League Schools Wither

By Victor Davis Hanson

A number of liberal bastions are daily being hammered — especially the elite university and Silicon Valley. A Yale and a Stanford, or Facebook and Google, assume — for the most part rightly — that each is so loudly progressive that the public, federal and state regulators, and politicians would of ... Read More

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Bartending Helped Her Recognize Cohen’s Lies

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Elections

In Defense of the Electoral College

By The Editors

Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined a growing chorus within the Democratic party in calling for the abolition of the Electoral College. Speaking at a forum in Mississippi on Monday night, Warren said that she hoped to ensure that “every vote matters” and proposed that “the way we can make that happen is ... Read More

Education

Betsy DeVos Strikes a Blow for Religious Freedom

By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell

Last week, Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the U.S. Department of Education will stop enforcing a provision in federal law that has long barred religious organizations from contracting with private schools to provide federally funded “equitable services,” such as tutoring and professional development. In ... Read More

Culture

A Southern Parent’s Take on the Admissions Scandal

By David French

Few things can more quickly remind you of the vast cultural divides -- even between middle-class and upper-middle-class -- than a juicy Ivy League admissions scandal. It's the talk of the coastal parenting class, and it barely penetrates the conversation down here in Tennessee -- except as a curiosity. “Aunt ... Read More

Education

A Professor Spoke the Truth, He Still Pays the Price

By David French

Last October, Sarah Lawrence College professor Samuel Abrams wrote an important and insightful essay in the New York Times. While critics of higher education have often focused on faculty bias -- in part because a small subset of professors is prone to say ridiculous things -- a larger problem has gone mostly ... Read More

Elections

There’s a Partisan Fiction at the Heart of the Case against the Electoral College

By David French

On the substance of the defense of the Electoral College, consider me four-square behind our editorial today. This paragraph is key: In our era of viciously divisive politics, the states are arguably more necessary than they have ever been. Critics of the Electoral College bristle at the insistence that it ... Read More

U.S.

Chicago Police Union Calls for Probe of Prosecutor’s Intervention in Jussie Smollett Case

By Jack Crowe

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police has requested that the Department of Justice open an investigation into Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett hate-crime-hoax case. Foxx ultimately recused herself from the investigation, but only after asking Chicago Police ... Read More