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Jonah ruminates on why we can't have nice things, darling. A journey that takes us from Julien Benda’s Treason of the Intellectuals to John Courtney Murray's The Return to Tribalism. From the cigar shop to the primitive Greek usage of the word "idiot."
Show Notes:
-Jonah's piece Cigars: A Love Story or Two
-Jonah's piece Democracy in the Tobacconist’s
-Sen. Ben Sasse's civics lesson
-How to educate an American webinar
-John Courtney Murray's The Return to Tribalism
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I'm with Jonah on the 17th Amendment. The whole "idiot" discussion justifies having just a little bit less popular democracy.
An appointed Senate would never have kowtowed to Trump.
Today's Rumanint was totally awesome. Put me in a much better mood.
Key sections:
First, your statement that you are not taking listener requests for your positions. Perfect! Stay strong.
Second how you tied together the Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, and MLK's I Have a Dream speech. Beautifully done! Great theme of how our nation was created in a way to allow for continuous improvement over time - which is required. Big changes do take time. I especially appreciated that you reminded us how MLK attempted to appeal to best ourselves. Our better nature.
And then the stark contrast to what many people are doing today.
Great job! I'm proud to be part the Remnant. But I also dream of a day when we are so large that the term remnant no longer applies!