A Fistful of Dust

Kevin Williamson, the Remnant’s cheeriest regular, is back for another voyage through the strange realm ...

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Kevin Williamson, the Remnant’s cheeriest regular, is back for another voyage through the strange realm of contemporary America. A free society is messy, and life is all about contradictions, inconsistencies, and trade-offs. But this can be an uncomfortable truth for many to face. In a conversation that will send you scrambling for your bingo cards, Kevin and Jonah explore the problem with social homogeneity. They also touch on the weaknesses of autocratic regimes, realistic climate change solutions, and Kevin’s hatred of Ohio. Plus, tune in to hear Kevin give a rousing reading of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” 

Show Notes:

– Kevin’s page at National Review

– Kevin: “Autocracy’s Fatal Flaws”

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    Blake

    No worries, I'm not offended, but Jonah next time you find yourself in Oklahoma City, I'm confident I can point you in the direction of some good food and a good cigar bar and we can turn your opinion around on OKC.

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    Stephen Plautz

    Try living in Ohio. On the upside, I have it on good authority that suffering builds character.

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    Mkapnick

    I put KDW in at least nearly the same category as Russ Roberts, Yuval and Arthur Brooks. I always enjoy hearing what they have to say about this or that. With all due respect to Jonah's old stomping ground, KDW is really the only reason I continue to subscribe to NR. I hope Remesh can right the ship but I have my doubts. Anyhoo, love it anytime Jonah and KDW get to mix it up.

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    Joel Stewart

    Indefensible comments were made about the Great State of Oklahoma. This I cannot forgive

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    David Burke

    Re: Hating on Ohio;

    …and of course, Gym Jordan.

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    David Burke

    @37.32 Williamson cites Elliot and by doing so makes the perfect argument against constitutional originalism practiced by Scalia the Prince of SCOTUS or promoted by anyone else.

    Whoodah thunk it from a couple of conservative punditeerzz?

    Thank you.

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    Sad Trombone

    Has anyone proposed that Ukraine offer to lease Crimea to Russia for 99 years?

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  8. Natty Bumpo

    I enjoy listening to both of you, and especially the two of you together. I agree that definitions of political and social thought are important as an aid to understanding competing arguments, but human nature tends to amplify oversimplification of these definitions in order to predict what various camps will say, usually as a strawman for their own argument.

    I like Kevin's view on what we should try to do with the nekulturny Putin.

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    Anne W (Raw5254)

    What can I say? I am certainly NOT a *reluctant fan* of either of you! My husband and I both enjoyed this one.

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    Ben Connelly

    Always a good day when Kevin is back on the Remnant!

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