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0:00 A message from Glenn
4:00 Why Clifton is planning a one-man show about Thomas Sowell
9:42 The challenge of portraying Sowell onstage
13:45 How Clifton is getting the show off the ground
19:01 The lure of acting
22:43 2020âs affect on the racial dynamics of the theater
30:40 Clifton: Top-down DEI casting edicts are âcentral planning for artâ
40:25 The racial attitude thatâs âdestroying black artists,â according to Viola Davis
47:27 Why Clifton changed his position about COVID pandemic measures
1:04:29 The leftâs valuation of vulnerability
1:14:21 Why Cliftonâs career fell apart after 2020
1:24:56 If progressives like the COVID vaccines, why donât they give Trump any credit?
1:29:05 The problem of the black independent thinker
Recorded April 13, 2024
Links & Reading
Cliftonâs Substack, State of the Arts
Thomas Sowellâs 1983 appearance on William F. Buckleyâs Firing Line
Thomas Sowellâs memoir, A Personal Odyssey
Cheryl Westâs play, Before It Hits Home
Suzan-Lori Parksâs 365 Plays/365 Days
Donald Bogleâs book, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films
Donald Bogleâs book, Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television
The Great Barrington Declaration
Andrew Lobaczewskiâs book, Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism
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0:00 Michaelâs new role at the University of Austin
5:41 Michaelâs âcivilizationâ trilogy
9:40 The rise of pro-censorship opinion among Democrats
17:05 Do new communication technologies require revising our ideas about free speech?
21:53 The Censorship-Industrial Complex
28:10 The anti-censorship benefits of the Streisand Effect
35:37 The governmentâs role in censorship at Facebook
42:04 What you canât say about war
45:19 The dehumanizing effects of Black Lives Matters protests
55:25 Forming an anti-nihilist coalition
1:00:36 Embracing American liberal democracy
Recorded March 21, 2024
Links and Readings
Michaelâs Substack, Public
University of Austin
Michaelâs book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
Michaelâs book, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Andrew Lobaczewskiâs book, Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism
Martin Gurriâs book, The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The WPATH Files
John McWhorterâs book, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Ernest Beckerâs book, The Denial of Death
Glennâs City Journal essay, âThe Case for Black Patriotismâ
John Burn-Murdochâs Financial Times piece, âAmerica is undergoing a racial realignmentâ
Abigail Schrierâs book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Arenât Growing Up
Jonathan Haidtâs book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Rob Hendersonâs book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
Glennâs conversation with Rob Henderson
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A message from Glenn concerning his surgery, his recovery, and what you can expect from The Glenn Show over the next month.
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0:00 Why Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wanted to come on TGS
4:42 Keithâs defense of the George Floyd trialsâ verdicts
9:54 John: We werenât wrong to ask the questions we asked, even if our answers came up short at first
13:00: Keith: Liz Collin doesnât seem to believe that police misconduct actually exists
16:40 How Keith accounts for racial disparities in criminal behavior
21:36 The emotional dimension of prosecution
27:15 Keithâs argument for integration and against charter schools
35:19 The redlining debate
40:00 The burning of Minneapolisâs 3rd Precinct
44:45 Keith: ââDefund the policeâ is dumbâ
46:38 Whatâs causing low police morale?
50:25 Keithâs argument for a two-state solution and re-electing Biden
55:41 Keith: Glenn and John play an important role in political discourse today
Recorded March 30, 2024
Links and Readings
Keith Ellisonâs book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence
Glenn and Johnâs first conversation about The Fall of Minneapolis
Glenn and John talk to Fall of Minneapolis filmmakers Liz Collin and JC Chaix
Glenn and John talk George Floyd after Radley Balkoâs first post on the documentary
Radley Balkoâs Substack post, âThe Retconning of George Floyd, Part Oneâ
Radley Balkoâs Substack post, âThe Retconning of George Floyd, Part Twoâ
Radley Balkoâs Substack post, âThe Retconning of George Floyd, Part Threeâ
Radley Balkoâs response to Coleman Hughes
Alpha News
Rucker Johnsonâs working paper, âLong-Run Impacts of School Desegregation & School Quality on Adult Attainmentsâ
Johnâs NYT piece, âWhatâs Missing from the Conversation about Systemic Racismâ
Equal Justice Initiative website
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Glenn and John answer questions submitted by Substack subscribers in their March 2024 Q&A session. Topics covered: race in America after Trayvon Martin, the Hughes-Balko debate, statistics vs. real life, denunciations of antisemitism, privileged African Americans and oppression, the origin story of Glenn and John, and John's alleged case of TDS.
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0:00 The charges Amy faces at Penn
4:08 Glenn: Iâve said some of things that have gotten Amy in trouble myself
10:04 Amy: âYou might as well erase the veritas from [Pennâs] mission statementâ
18:18 Whatâs really at issue in the Amy Wax indictment
24:06 Amyâs race realist rebuttal to DEI
34:43 Isnât there room for some efforts toward proportional representation?
43:46 When IQ differences matter and when they donât
Recorded March 20, 2024
Links and Readings
Amyâs 2021 TGS appearance
Amyâs 2022 TGS appearance
The leaked Penn Hearing Board recommendations
Glennâs 2021 conversation with Charles Murray
Charles Murrayâs book, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
Amyâs review of Facing Reality in the Claremont Review
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0:00 The word about Ron DeSantis on the streets of Key West
3:32 Johnâs awards show allergy
6:41 The realness of American Fiction
14:50 Rustinâs narrow historical vision
21:56 The SATs are on their way back
23:23 Afraid to flagrantly split infinitives and end sentences with prepositions? Thatâs something you should get over.
26:29 What do we mean by âcolorblindnessâ today?
38:30 John: Maybe we have to be a little cold-hearted about colorblindness
41:56 What does rigid colorblindness blind us to?
46:40 What would Stanley Crouch do?
51:08 Debating the presidential debates
Recorded March 16, 2024
Links and Readings
American Fiction trailer
Percival Everettâs novel, Erasure
Rustin trailer
Bayard Rustinâs 1965 Commentary essay, âFrom Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movementâ
Johnâs NYT piece, âNo, the SAT Isnât Racistâ
Johnâs NYT piece, âThe âRuleâ against Ending Sentences with Prepositions Has Always Been Sillyâ
Coleman Hughesâs book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
Stanley Crouchâs book, Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989
Stanley Crouchâs book, The All-American Skin Game, or The Decoy of Race: The Long and Short of It, 1990-1994
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0:00 Matthewâs theological perspective on criminal justice
5:28 Loving the criminal offender
8:10 25 years for an ounce-and-a-half of marijuana?
14:59 Christianity and the legal use of force
20:39 Matthew: I cannot enter the public square without considering my faith
24:48 Determining justice in a fallen world
29:35 Whatâs wrong with criminal justice today?
31:48 The problem of prosecutorial immunity
38:43 Matthewâs take on George Floyd
43:16 Has the criminal justice system truly reformed itself on race matters?
50:00 The denial of bail and the denial of justice
56:37 Matthew: We donât have quick, accurate, reliable verdicts
1:02:41 Why Matthew opposes the death penalty âas currently practiced in the United Statesâ
1:08:21 How ordinary Americans can help
Recorded February 28, 2024
Links and Readings
Matthewâs book, Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal
Richard John Neuhausâs book, The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America
Philip Gorski, American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present
National Register of Exonerations
St. Irenaeusâs Against Heresies
Kellen Funk and Sandra Maysonâs Harvard Law Review article, âBail at the Foundingâ
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0:00 What makes an âeliteâ?
4:37 Robâs very rough early childhood
7:39 Robâs experience with foster care and adoption
12:35 Why Rob joined the Air Force
17:23 The uses of military discipline
22:15 A 25-year-old military vet freshman at Yale
24:55 Luxury beliefs and cultural capital
29:56 Who bears the cost of defunding the police?
35:43 Two-parent households for me but not for thee
40:59 Revealed preferences and implicit understanding
46:57 Interclass resentment as a political weapon
52:45 How Rob became both the âtoken liberalâ and the âtoken conservativeâ
58:02 Rob: Poverty doesnât necessarily generate social dysfunction
Recorded February 19, 2024
Links and Readings
Robâs memoir, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
Robâs Substack
Robâs Boston Globe op-ed, âThe SAT is pathway to more college diversity, not lessâ
Robâs WSJ piece, ââLuxury Beliefsâ That Only the Privileged Can Affordâ
Robert Putnamâs book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Charles Murrayâs book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
Thorstein Veblenâs book, The Theory of the Leisure Class
Pierre Bourdieuâs book, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Michael Knox Beranâs book, Wasps: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy
Robâs NYT op-ed, âWhy Being a Foster Child Made Me a Conservative"
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0:00 John: Keith Ellison disrespected me
6:45 Did Derek Chauvin get a fair trial?
16:22 Are Glenn and John headed for a confrontation with Ellison?
23:30 Shaneâs account of civil decay in Minneapolis
29:24 Shane: The radicals are in charge
35:30 Whatâs causing the anti-police sentiment in Minneapolis
40:40 Violent crime in the George Floyd Square âautonomous zoneâ
49:39 Shane: Even liberals need to vote Republican in local Minneapolis elections
54:36 The Fani Willis issue in Georgia
Recorded February 24, 2024
Links and Readings
Keith Ellisonâs book, Breaking the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence
Glenn and Johnâs episode, âThe Fall of Minneapolis Reconsideredâ
Radley Balkoâs response to Glenn, John, and Coleman Hughes
Rajiv Sethi and Brendan OâFlaherty book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crimes, and the Pursuit of Justice
Shaneâs website
Shaneâs Alpha News piece on the community meeting about the new Minneapolis Third Precinct location
Crime Watch Minneapolisâs X page
Coleman Hughesâs book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
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0:00 Why Corey weighed in on the Claudine Gay controversy
3:50 Corey: DEI doesnât offer anything to those on the fringes of society
10:16 Black opposition to Chicagoâs âsanctuary cityâ status
18:29 Why Corey supports the police
21:47 Support for New Beginnings from outside Chicago
23:25 The Rooftop Pastor
25:00 Coreyâs embrace of conservatism
29:56 Project HOOD
33:04 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnsonâs closure of test schools
37:02 Class differences within the black community
Recorded January 31, 2024
Links and Readings
New Beginnings Church
Project HOOD
Coreyâs Tablet piece, âAmerica Works. DEI Doesnât.â
Inc covers the Elon Musk-Mark Cuban DEI exchange
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0:00 How an elementary school project turned Shermichael on to politics
7:16 Black and Republican at Morehouse in the Obama era
9:05 Why Shermichael is a conservative
12:48 The two sides of black âprogressâ
17:24 Shermichael: Identity matters, even for conservatives
21:54 How Shermichael got booted from the Trump administration
28:26 Shermichaelâs relatively positive assessment of Trumpâs presidency
32:29 Was Trumpâs post-election behavior good for conservatism?
37:43 The counterintuitive Evangelical support for Trump
40:41 Shermichaelâs mentors at Morehouse
50:17 Encountering Thomas Sowell and Glenn
56:19 What Ben Carson is up to these days
58:51 The major intellectual influences on Glenn
Recorded January 4, 2024
Links and Readings
Shermichaelâs Ebony piece, âYoung, Gifted (Conservative, Republican) and Blackâ (scroll down)
Shermichaelâs the Hill piece, âA Republican asks: Arenât we morally obliged to stand up to Trump,â that got him fired
Rev. Dr. Robert Michael Franklin on Morehouse
Hit Strategies
American Cornerstone Institute
The Shermichael Singleton Show on Apple Podcasts
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0:00 Whatâs wrong with Rhapsody in Blue?
7:26 Radley Balkoâs response to The Fall of Minneapolis, Coleman Hughes, Glenn, and John
17:26 Were Liz Collin and JC Chaix dishonest in their documentary about Derek Chauvin?
19:55 Were Glenn and John too credulous about The Fall of Minneapolis?
25:41 Hughesâs new book, The End of Race Politics
28:26 The problem with colorblindness
36:30 The interrelatedness of âblack cultureâ and âAmerican cultureâ
43:52 John: No oneâs going to be excited about a Biden-Harris ticket this time around
52:59 Tucker Carlsonâs interview with Vladimir Putin
Recorded February 11, 2024
Links and Readings
Johnâs NYT piece, âNo, âRhapsody in Blueâ Is Not âThe Worstââ
Glenn and Johnâs conversation about The Fall of Minneapolis
Glenn and Johnâs conversation with Liz Collin and JC Chaix
Liz Collin and JC Chaixâs documentary, The Fall of Minneapolis
Radley Balkoâs Substack post, âThe Retconning of George Floydâ
Coleman Hughesâs Free Press piece, âWhat Really Happened to George Floydâ
Coleman Hughesâs book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
The trailer for Rustin
Glennâs 2003 NYT oped, âAffirmative Actionâand Reaction; Admissions (and Denials) of Responsibilityâ
A clip from Coleman Hughesâs most recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher
Ross Douthatâs NYT piece, âThe Question Is Not If Biden Should Step Aside. Itâs How.â
Tucker Carlsonâs interview with Vladimir Putin
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0:00 The conversations that arenât happening on college campuses
4:16 Staying informed about Israel-Palestine
9:22 Glenn: Donât subject me to a loyalty test
12:14 Rajiv: High-minded principles alone wonât solve the self-censorship problem
18:11 âThe Naked Emperor Equilibriumâ
21:52 The game theoretical aspect of Glennâs memoir
25:35 An homage to Thomas Schelling
27:31 Rajivâs work on police use-of-force, then and now
30:36 The predictive value of political betting markets
42:44 Robert Solowâs intellectual family tree
46:16 The lopsided distribution of elite economists
49:08 Rajiv: Big econ departments should take more chances on candidates
51:52 The mind-boggling geographical variation in police killings
56:09 Why Rajiv doesnât take pride in other Indian-Americansâ success
Recorded January 26, 2024
Links and Readings
Noam Dwormanâs TGS appearance
Noam Dwormanâs podcast, Live from the Table
Norman Finkelstein and Eli Lake on Live from the Table
Benny Morrisâs book, One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Crisis
Rashid Khalidi on Live from the Table
Benny Morris on Live from the Table
Tara Henleyâs Lean Out
Ilan PappĂ©âs book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Glennâs essay, âSelf-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of âPolitical Correctnessâ and Related Phenomena
Glennâs conversation with Omer Bartov
Glennâs conversation with Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelsteinâs book, Iâll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom
Glennâs conversation with John Mearsheimer
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Waltâs book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
University of Chicagoâs 1967 Kalven Committee Report
University of Chicagoâs 2014 âChicago Principlesâ on freedom of expression
Elizabeth Noelle-Neumannâs book, The Spiral of Silence: Public OpinionâOur Second Skin
Timothy Kuranâs book, Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
Thomas Schellingâs book, The Strategy of Conflict
Rajiv and Brendan OâFlaheryâs book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and Pursuit of Justice
Gunnar Myrdalâs book, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy
Rajivâs Substack, Imperfect Information
Rajivâs Substack post, âEconomic Growth and the Growth of Economics: Reflections on Robert Solowâ
Ralph Ellisonâs essay 1970 essay, âWhat America Would Be Like without Blacksâ
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0:00 Why Noam gave Glenn a bag of books about Israel
5:25 Why Glenn felt burned after The Bell Curve
8:49 Loyalty among friends during the Gaza War
13:15 The blowback from Brownâs ceasefire letter
17:18 Talking about Israel across the ideological spectrum
19:42 Glenn: Loyalty tests are unreasonable
23:16 Trying to understand the human costs of war
26:26 Glenn: There is no decent alternative to a two-state solution
33:32 âApartheid,â âgenocide,â and other potentially unhelpful terms
39:29 Noam: Thank God for President Biden
44:13 Why Noam is worried about American attitudes toward Israel
49:08 Will the Gaza War end up strengthening Hamas?
56:08 The tone-deafness of some supporters of Israel
Recorded January 31, 2023
Links and Readings
Noamâs podcast, Live from the Table
The Glenn Show Live at the Comedy Cellar
Glenn and John Live at the Comedy Cellar
Charles Murray and Richard Herrnsteinâs book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
Glennâs conversation with Charles Murray
The Brown University facultyâs ceasefire letter
Glennâs conversation with Omer Bartov
Glennâs conversation with Norman Finkelstein
Glennâs conversation with John Mearsheimer
Glennâs most recent conversation with Robert Wright
Benny Morrisâs book, One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Aaron MatĂ©âs appearance on Noamâs podcast
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0:00 John: Claudine Gay needed to resign, but her plagiarism wasnât a mortal sin
6:50 Has DEI taken a hit after the Gay controversy?
13:50 When âDEIâ really means âracial preferencesâ
22:12 The case of Neri Oxman
23:52 John: Bill Ackman looks âabsurdâ
26:47 Three cheers for Johnâs dinosaurs
28:22 Is Glenn really a âblack conservativeâ?
31:11 The three dimensions of black conservatism
37:50 Black elites and immigration
42:35 Ibram X. Kendi undeterred
44:48 Roland Fryer is still standing
46:48 Is Amy Wax getting railroaded by Penn?
Recorded January 27, 2024
Links and Readings
Johnâs NYT piece, âWe Need a New Word for âPlagiarismââ
Elon Muskâs DEI airline post on X
Neri Oxmanâs CV
Adolph Reedâs essay, ââWhat Are the Drums Saying, Booker?â: The Curious Role of the Black Public Intellectualâ (originally published in the Village Voice, April 11, 1995)
Wilfred Reillyâs comparative IQ post on X
Recording of Amy Waxâs FIRE webinar
Glennâs December 2021 episode with Amy Wax
Glennâs August 2022 episode with Amy Wax
Charles Murrayâs book, Human Diversity: The Biology of Race, Gender, and Class
Glennâs conversation with Charles Murray
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0:00 The many, many books of David Kaiser
3:01 David: Claudine Gay is a symptom, not a cause, of whatâs wrong at Harvard
6:09 Western Civilization and elitism at Harvard
10:03 Meritorious elitism and luxury elitism
12:35 Intellectuals in the wild
14:28 How James Bryant Conant built the modern Harvard âŠ
17:33 ⊠and how it was broken
18:52 Glennâs previous conversation with Omer Bartov
24:12 Why David thinks the Gaza War falls short of genocide but maybe not ethnic cleansing
25:51 What Claudine Gay could (and maybe should) have said at her congressional hearing
27:51 Why David thinks originalists will have a problem rejecting attempts to remove Trump from electoral ballots
32:38 David: Mitch McConnell should have impeached Trump when he had the chance
36:07 Davidâs new book, States of the Union
41:03 Have state of the union addresses always been as boring as they are now?
44:55 Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, and their legacies
57:37 Why Obama didnât propose a New New Deal after the 2008 financial crisis
1:01:01 Bidenâs silence
Recorded January 10, 2024
Links and Readings
Davidâs book, Economic Diplomacy and the Origin of the Second World War: Germany, Britain, France, and Eastern Europe, 1930-1939
Davidâs book, Politics and War: European Conflict from Philip II to Hitler
Davidâs book, American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War
Davidâs book, The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Davidâs book, Baseball Greatness: Top Players and Teams According to Wins Above Average, 1901-2017
Davidâs book, NFL 1965: The Most Exciting Season
Davidâs book, A Life in History
Davidâs book, States of the Union: A History of the United States through Presidential Addresses, 1789-2023
Glennâs previous conversation with David
Fareed Zakaria on elite universities
Glennâs conversation with Omer Bartov
Davidâs blog, History Unfolding
Davidâs blog post about the Fourteenth Amendment
Howard Zinnâs book, A Peopleâs History of the United States
John F. Kennedyâs June 11, 1963 address on segregation
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If you missed Wednesdayâs City Journal and Manhattan Institute-hosted livestream, Iâve got you covered. Today Iâm releasing the recording of that livestream as a special bonus episode. This event marked the publication of my City Journal essay âClarence Thomas and Me,â and I had a stellar line-up alongside me to discuss the essay and the work of Clarence Thomas: Ilya Shapiro of the Manhattan Institute, Robert George of Princeton, and Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School.
0:00 Introductions
2:58 Why Glenn wrote âClarence Thomas and Meâ
5:27 Randall: âJustice Thomas trades on his blacknessâ
10:58 Glenn: Clarence Thomas has not âbetrayed black peopleâ
12:30 Thomasâs engagement with natural law jurisprudence
19:29 How would Thomas have come down on Brown v. Board of Education?
20:55 The loyalty trap
24:20 Randall: Thomasâs originalism may also commit him to sanctioning segregation
28:24 Robbie: There are originalist interpretations that support Brown v. Board of Education
34:07 Thomasâs race cases
36:03 Glenn: Thomas can act as both a principled jurist and as an advocate for the rights of African Americans
40:56 Randall: In 100 years, people will regard Shelby County v. Holder as one of the worst decisions in the Courtâs history
44:36 Maintaining integrity under pressure
51:22 What are the differences between Thomasâs, Scaliaâs, and Alitoâs originalisms?
55:30 Will Thomas have broader popularity in the future?
1:01:10 Is racial solidarity inconsistent with judicial impartiality?
1:03:30 Closing remarks
Recorded January 17, 2024
Links and Readings
Glennâs City Journal essay, âClarence Thomas and Meâ
Glennâs book, One by One from the Inside Out : Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America
Michael McConnellâs article, âThe Originalist Case for Brown v. Board of Educationâ
Randy Barnett and Evan Bernickâs book, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit
Lon Fullerâs book, The Morality of Law
The documentary on Clarence Thomas, Created Equal
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0:00 Preorder Glennâs forthcoming memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
2:17 Why Glenn wrote a memoir (and why you should order it now)
8:59 A ringing endorsement from John
10:00 What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day mean in 2024?
15:28 Preserving Kingâs belief in âthe content of our characterâ
16:20 What would King have thought of Claudine Gay?
20:20 Kingâs radicalism
25:54 John: Being against DEI does not make you a racist
28:10 The Tabia Lee affair at DâAnza Community College
29:58 How Claudine Gay should have reacted to the plagiarism scandal
32:47 Glenn: âThe DEI movement is hoist on its own petardâ
35:57 How DEIâs dominance has improved Johnâs home media set-up
41:41 Johnâs upcoming cabaret show
Links and Readings
Johnâs NYT piece, âClaudine Gay Was Not Driven Out Because She Is Blackâ
Glennâs conversation with Tabia Lee
âAllâs Fair in Love and Warâ from Gold Diggers of 1937
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0:00 The long road leading to the Gaza War
9:14 Donât Palestinians have some responsibility for the current state of affairs?
9:48 The precedent of the 1973 Yom Kippur War
11:26 Omer: Israel only negotiates under pressure
13:31 Netanyahu and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
15:27 The USâs military support for Israel
16:32 The origins of Hamas
20:20 Omer: Netanyahuâs coalition is âa mirror image of Hamasâ
24:45 The threat to democracy in Israel
26:27 Omer: Netanyahu is driving the country to the right in order to avoid a corruption trial
30:07 How âJewish supremacistsâ have gained control of Israelâs government
34:01 Why Omerâs Zionism does not commit him to defending Israelâs actions
36:46 The risk of genocide in Gaza
40:05 The IDFâs procedure in the Gaza invasion
43:09 What will happen to the Gazan refugees?
45:00 The international communityâs role in finding a resolution to the Gaza War
48:17 Is the IDF âthe most moral army in the worldâ?
54:39 The revenge motive
57:07 Omer: The campaign in Gaza is a fiasco
59:38 A US-led plan for âthe day afterâ
1:04:37 Is peace in Israel a pollyannaish pipe dream?
Recorded January 2, 2023
Links and Readings
Benny Morrisâs book, One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Omerâs New Statesman piece, âBoth Netanyahu and Hamas see this crisis as an opportunityâ
Hamasâs 1988 charter
Omerâs NYT op-ed, âWhat I Believe as a Historian of Genocideâ
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