"The working-class people who are pushing back have had harder lives than those now determining their fate..."...When you are reasonable with people and show them respect, they will want to respond in kind. But when they feel those calling the shots are being disrespectful, they will push back hard and rebel even in ways that hurt them."This is no time to make our divisions worse. The pandemic is a story not only about our health but our humanity." - Peggy Noonan, WSJ. Those who have accepted un...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 53 min
AmGreatness.com 's Julie Kelly on the unmasked unmaskers, the leaked classified intel and what Senate hearings could bring. Stanford University Psychiatry Professor Keith Humphreys on the limits of contact tracing and why the US is choosing the Swedish model whether we admit it or not. Pols know even less than they normally demonstrate during in a crisis w/ Mercatus Center's Don Boudreaux. AEI's Brent Orrell on mass incarceration risks. CNN must not have gotten PPP funding per its pandemic townh...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Ricochet.com 's Jon Gabriel's Zoom call aesthetics and his coming-of-age treatment in development. Taxpayer Protection Alliance's David Williams on Pelosi's try to make HEROES out of House Dems. TheFederalist.com 's Margot Cleveland on not if but what Obama knew re: Flynn. NY, CA, IL: dumb, dumber, dumbest. Speaking of which, Iron Mike & The Worm (b/c MJ was unavailable and likely uninterested) discuss Kim Jong-un...not exactly Buckley and Vidal. Remembering Katrina+ And, when CNN's propagan...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Dr. Fauci, Dr. Paul, Dr. Paul, Dr. Fauci. Pediatrician, Epidemiologist Dr. Jonathan Ellen, former CSO of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, on anti-virals, vaccines, lives vs. lives. George Mason Economics Professor Walter Williams on Pelosi's $3T spend bill. Tiger-Peyton vs. Brady-Phil, how many trillions will be bet? I discuss sports gambling in a world without sports with SI's Greg Bishop. Musk as Tank Man? NYPost.com 's Michael Goodwin on NY Gov. Cuomo's nursing home catastrophe. And, Po...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 53 min
What's a Harvard law degree worth? Obama's "leaked" legalisms w/ UC-Berkeley Law Prof. John Yoo...and we'll compare what senior level Obama administration officials said about Russian collusion for three years on cable TV shows vs. what they said under oath behind closed doors. PPP $& for Churches is neither good intentions nor sound economics w/ Acton Institute Founder & President Fr. Robert Sirico. The Left's solidarity via big government with former NY Times reporter and City Journal ...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Sociology professor Frank Furedi on predicting the worst thing vs. the most likely thing. Spectator USA contributor BridgetPhetasy: #COVID19 survivalist. The limits of John Donne with University of Cambridge Professor of Public Policy Diane Coyle. NRO's David Harsanyi on the Dems' due process hypocrisy and murder in GA. Snitch culture targets the ice cream man, and Virus data lockdowners ignore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 09, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Robin Hanson, Research Associate at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford U, on why the reopeners are winning the argument against the lockdowning elites. R Street Institute's Tony Mills calls for a back to basics approach of government-funded pure science research with some historical precedent in support. This is no time for the trivial and the need for pragmatism will shift the US right, argues former VP advisor Grady Means at TheHill.com. Spiked Online's Brendan O'Neill on what Neil Fer...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Another study, this time from Israeli researches, that argues for targeted lockdowns as the way to save more lives and do less economic damage than the lockdowns that treat the young and healthy and the elderly and vulnerable the same. Geroge Mason University Economics Professor Alex Tabarrok argues for going really, really big for a vaccine. When will pols & pundits adapt to the new, real-world virus data? I'll discus with RealClearPolitics.com 's Sean Trende. Quote of the day, "...they use...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 53 min
While all the Beltway bloviation was about internal WH models projecting deaths in June, the attention should've been on the MIT study that concluded targeted lockdowns are the way to both save more lives and impose less economy damage. Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz on the FBI's Flynn flop & his book on #MeToo , "Guilt by Accusation". Claremont Institute's Charles Kesler is ready to throw "an abundance of caution" to the wind. Who'll win the corona wars? I'll discuss Cold Wa...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Former Sen. Jim DeMint: tort reform is a part of a rational reopening. Center for the National Interest's Harry Kazianis: Obladi, Oblada, life goes on. Market bounce too high, too fast? Simon Maierhofer, founder of iSPYETF and publisher of the Profit Radar Report. Michel Levitt, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, professor of structural biology and computer science, contends lockdowns as implemented in most of the states will turn out to be a huge mistake. Biden to get Plan B'ed be the Left? End of ca...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 53 min
TheFederalist.com 's John Daniel Davidson on snitch culture. Oprah's commencement address to Chicago Public Schools, will she tell them she gave up on them 15 years ago? Hoover Institution's "Grumpy Economist" John Cochrane's rational reopening & predictions about the future of the university. TheAmericanConservative.com 's James Pinkerton on model madness. Faith among the faithful strengthens+Visceral vs. thoughtful reactions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 02, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Harvard Medical School Professor MartinKulldorff on how delaying herd immunity costs lives. Gen. Flynn's forthcoming exoneration. Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard argues the calculation shouldn't be lives versus lives but lost days living versus lost days living. The indispensible Rusty Reno, FirstThings.com Editor, offers a COVID-19 reality check: "But I doubt that truth will guide decision-making. There is too much fear. Fear of the virus is compounded by the (reasonable) fear of experts, polic...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Vaccine by Sept? "A pipedream" says Dr. Henry Miller, physician and microbiologist who served as founding director of the FDA's Office of Biotechnology. GDP, payroll tax relief, litigation indemnification for businesses w/ Scott "TheCowGuy" Shellady, Fox Business regular, Scott McKay, publisher of The Hayride and contributor to The American Spectator: "You're going to have to fight to get your life back from these people." AEI's Andy Biggs, member of the Financial Oversight and Management Board ...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 53 min
The docs must lead the reopening. Enter Dr. Scott W. Atlas, former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford Medical Center. Biggest fraud in re models: modelers, press, pols or 3-way tie? I'll ask Phil Magness, Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. AmGreatness.com 's Julie Kelly on form Trump's #COVID19 briefings should take. TheAmericanConservative.com 's Addison Del Mastro updates us on all-you-can-eat buffets and offers an Ode to Cliff Clavin. Convicted felon "Cho...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 53 min
The Fabulous Bakersfield (CA) Boys. Why the unprecedented response? I'll discuss with PowerlineBlog.com 's John Hinderaker. Kentucky State U Poly Sci Professor Wilfred Reilly on the lack of empirical backup for lockdowns. Pandemic underpreparedness--the result of too little planning or too many plans? I'll pore over with The Cicero Institute's Judge Glock. Understanding some of the 20th century's most brutal dictators thru their chefs. A fascinating new book by Witold Szablowski. The economy rec...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Molecular biologist Andrew Bogan, Santa Clara seroprevalence study co-author. "Vicious" not to socialize state pension funding? I'll discuss with City Journal's Steve Malanga. Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Law and Policy President Tom Dilenge on accelerating innovation. Harvard & class & Harvard's lack of class w/ NYPost columnist Maureen Callahan. 45 days...a discussion with noted money manager Alan Lancz. The Biden & Core cable access show. For all of those "global ci...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 53 min
AOC tells proles they've nothing to lose but their chains. America's governor (according the DC Press Corps) has his "learn to code" moment in addressing the economic anxieties of those he terms "non-essential" workers. Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Avik Roy's strategy to get back to work safely. Antibody testing talk w/ Luisp Pedro Coelho, principal investigator of the Big Data Biology Lab at Fudan University (Shanghai). Restaurateur Kurt Huffman on paying people not to work. Fin...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 53 min
I'll query Lara Logan, "Lara Logan Has No Agenda" on Fox Nation, about the DC press corps' residence at the intersection of disdain and dishonesty. CNBC Contributor Jim Iuorio on whether the oil mkt crash was a canary in the coal mine. Diplomat/author David Seminara on Dems' hysterical 20/20 hindsight. AEI's Ryan Streeter advocates the WH focus on drug approvals (anti-viral therapies). Marc Andreessen argues it's "Time to Build". Should pols be giving the people whatever they demand to make them...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 53 min
WashingtonExaminer.com 's Jim Antle: could The Great American Shutdown protests be the new Tea Party? Think Abbott Labs' #COVID19 test was innovative? Find out what UK Prof. James Logan is pursuing to enlist the aid of our canine friends. Constantin Eckner on Germany's conservative reopening. Historical context w/r/t market crashes from Morningstar, Inc.'s Paul Kaplan. A new study of philosophy professors find the self-identified Leftists (75%) are less willing to defend their views and less tol...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 53 min
"The political fallout from the virus won't be pretty"...Will the COVID-19 response disappear the middle? I'll discuss with Chapman University fellow and "The Coming of Neo-Feudalism" author Joel Kotkin. Idiocracy meets Stanley Milgram witth Augustana University (Sioux Falls, SD) Political Economy Professor Robert Wright. Searching for Buffet or another hero with Vanity Fair special correspondent William Cohan. Is Sweden exposing the folly of lockdowns? A review of the perspectives of Sweden's f...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 53 min
"In politics when you’re praised for something it becomes your move, then your only move...The governors, while generally impressive, are human, are experiencing new power and fame, and can give in to the lure of the dumb. What is needed is a sense of proportion and, crucially, respect for your people." - Peggy Noonan, WSJ. City Journal Contributing Editor and documentarian Chris Rufo on SF's treat for prisoners while Nancy Pelosi checks her chocolate stock. Washington Times' BillGertz vindicate...
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 53 min
NJ Gov Phil Murphy: Bill of Science > Bill of Rights. NYTiimes best-selling author of "The Diversity Delusion" Heather MacDonald on the higher ed Ponzi scheme; sick racial politics. Fauci knew about Wuhan research b/c he funded it. NationalReview.com 's Robert VerBruggen on modeling herd immunity. Quantitative equity analyst and Humble Student blogger argues a market crash is coming. A discussion of the impacts beginning to be felt on the law-abiding from COVID-19-related prisoner releases. S...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Translating Obama's endorsement. AmericanThinker.com 's Andrea Widburg on authoritarian-inclined pols (talking to you, Gov. Whitmer). Retired journalist Bill Steigerwald on the media's general lack of intellectual curiosity and inability to distinguish b/w systemic and isolated events. Crisis Magazine's Michael Warren Davis on St. Corona. Fredo Cuomo's id crisis. Harvard's 2022 recommendation, and Lean into the loneliness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 53 min
PowerlineBlog.com 's John Hinderaker tests the models. National Review's VDH's glossary of COVID-19 terms. Phil Kerpen, Chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition, on the disincentives that lead to an "L-shaped" rather than "V-shaped" recovery. An Econ 101 lesson on "price-gouging". NYTimes' Ben Smith interviews Dean Baquet and the hilarity ensues. Rethinking the curriculum at medical schools post-COVID-19 to include public health training. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 53 min
DC press corps' Fauci fake. U of C's Luigi Zingales on saving capitalism from govt interventions. City Journal's John Tierney on saving lives from FDA regs. Hoover Institution's Lanhee Chen on saving the US from China-controlled global agencies. Easter services and religious liberty. Documentarian Ami Horowitz gauges Trump hate in the East Village. The end of handshakes and horoscopes? And AOC on a very special RuPaul's Drag Race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 53 min
"A broke society is a violent society." Is Lionel Shriver's "The Mandibles" prophetic about the shutdown? WSJ's Dan Henninger on the pandemic as our Pearl Harbor in terms of intel failure. Scott "TheCowGuy" Shellady on reopening...even if it begins on May 1, what does the next three weeks portend? The shamelessness of Susan Rice and Morning Joe...why didn't they implement what they could've before the were touched with 20/20 vision. My take on the task force briefings. Alma Deutscher: musical pr...
Apr 11, 2020•1 hr 53 min
What if the start date of the curve we're trying to flatten is wrong? Writer and researcher A.J. Kay explores the implications. The Capitalist Pig, Jonathan Hoenig, on a stimulus for the stimulus fund. UC-Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo on how to replace the WHO and punish the Chinese Communists. Joakim Book, Visitng Scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research, explains that it's not capitalism that let us down. Details on all things IRS under the new deadlines and relief payments un...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Re: HCQ, it's not either or...with Dr. Jonathan Ellen, former CEO of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Re: Dr. Zeke Emanuel's 12-18 month shutdown...it's not necessary with Dr. Rishi Desai, formerly with CDC and now CMO of Osmosis. It's not just the WHO, supply chains and US media...National Association of Scholars' Peter Wood on China's influence in higher ed. A college refund for COVID-19...hear from some students per the WSJ's "Future View". Re: Peter Navarro's pandemic memo, Yuval Levin...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Variolation? It worked for GW at Valley Forge. George Mason University's Robin Hanson makes the case. Temper your enthusiasm about the therapeutic prospects of HCQ, says noted biologist Dr. William Haseltine. The virus' disparate impact on blacks but not black businesses w/ Brooklyn College econ professor Robert Cherry. Hollywood cranks (Whoopi, Woody, Tom Hanks) vs. Jon Voight. My latest :60 of Sanity. Is Sweden the roadmap to reopening? I discuss with FEE.org 's Jon Miltimore. Kudlow says 4-8 ...
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Manhattan Institute's Theodore Dalrymple on fear, the thrill of fear and mental health. Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky, former FEC Commissioner and DOJ attorney, on the WI primary and the Left's desire to federalize elections. NYPost's Michael Goodwin tries to push past the blame game...while IL Rep. Sean Casten (D-Green New Deal) brings the hate. NYTimes' Nicholas Casey on the inequalities the virus lays bare. Dr. Fauci explain's the tunnel's light See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 53 min
