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Live from an undisclosed location in heat-struck Maine, Jonah gets ranty on today’s vigorous yet thoughtful Ruminant. In light of his surroundings, he begins with a few reflections on Ted Kennedy’s incident at Chappaquiddick before launching into a passionate tirade against the foolishness of the new right. In distinctly nerdy fashion, Jonah leaves no room for interpretation: There is no place on the right for racist politics, and white supremacist and anti-semitic ideas must necessarily be treated with moral outrage.

Show Notes:

–The Cover-Up podcast on Chappaquiddick

–The Ted Kennedy incident

–Leo Damore’s Senatorial Privilege

–The July jobs report

–Jonah’s column on the Inflation Reduction Act

–The Dispatch: The New Right Finds a Home at the Intersection of Populism and Elitism

–The Economist on the new right

–Kevin WIlliamson on Trump the manly man

–Last Friday’s G-File on the descent of men

–Rockefeller’s diet

Back in the Remnant driver’s seat, Jonah invites newly minted AEI fellow Joshua Katz onto the program for a nerdtastic discussion of language and how free we are to use it. Inevitably, their conversation touches on Joshua’s departure from Princeton, cancel culture, and broader illiberalism in American life. But it also explores current issues in linguistics, how much we can really know about classical civilizations, and what “literally” actually means. Tune in to find out whether Socrates had it coming.

Show Notes:

– Joshua’s page at AEI

– Joshua: “Status and ‘Virtue’ at the Dalton School”

– Philology

– Socrates deserved it?

– Joshua on his departure from Princeton

– Joshua’s Declaration of Independence

– College essay prompts get absurd

– The latest issue of Sapir

– Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar: Life of a Colossus

– Barry Strauss’ The Spartacus War

Filling in for an absentee Jonah, Chris Stirewalt is joined by A.B. Stoddard to provide some overpoweringly rank punditry on the state of the midterms. They begin by analyzing how current trends may affect the election results, before turning to the prospect of a political realignment in 2024 and the fear that the Inflation Reduction Act might fail to reduce inflation. Could a third party candidate win the next presidential election? Is Nancy Pelosi ready to step down? And is August an appropriate time to eat roast pork?

Show Notes:

– A.B.’s page at RealClearPolitics

– Chris’ page at The Dispatch

– NewsNation’s recent election poll

– Joe Manchin on Bret Baier

– A.B.: “Biden Should Announce in 2023 That He Will Not Run Again”

– Hakeem Jeffries: The next face of the Democratic Party?

It’s a man’s, man’s world—or so Josh Hawley would have you believe. On today’s Ruminant, Jonah takes a deep dive into the new right’s obsession with masculinity and what it really means to be manly. He also assesses the pros and cons of codifying gay marriage into law, rants about Joe Manchin’s deal with Chuck Schumer, and gives some further thoughts on whether it’s right to launch criminal prosecution against a former president. It’s a radioactive episode.

Show Notes:

– Wednesday’s “news”letter

– The Remnant with Charles C.W. Cooke

– Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin make a deal

– Josh Hawley’s book announcement

– Tom Klingenstein: “Trump is a manly man”

– Kevin Williamson: “The Virile Style”

– Madeline Kearns: “Marital Clash”

– The Editors on Congress’ gay marriage bill

– Andrew Sullivan’s case for gay marriage

With inflation increasing and the prospect of recession making headlines, David Bahnsen returns to the Remnant to answer a pressing question: How should conservatives approach economic policy? It’s an ultra-wonky conversation that also touches on common errors made by media outlets in their economic coverage and the relationship between moral and economic well being. Plus, tune in to find out which nefarious supervillain organization David secretly funds.

Show Notes:

– David’s webpage

– David’s Capital Record podcast

– The New York Times headline that ruined Jonah’s morning

– Bastiat’s parable of the broken window

– The Remnant with Robert Sirico

Klon Kitchen returns to the Remnant for another round of vigorous wonkery on all things national security. This time, he’s primarily concerned with the threat of Chinese espionage and the prospect of a geopolitical confrontation between China and the U.S. But he also has thoughts on the Ukraine conflict, the morality of Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, and the nature of quantum computing. Plus, tune in to hear his case for why you should delete TikTok.

Show Notes:

– Klon’s page at AEI

– The Current, Klon’s Dispatch newsletter

– CNN’s Huawei exclusive

– Klon: “Ban TikTok Now”

– China’s “thousand grains of sand” approach to intelligence collection

– Klon: “When the Chips Are Down”

– Last weekend’s Ruminant

– Klon: “Quantum Q&A”