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Lileks is off this this week, so it’s just Robinson and Long for our annual 4th of July Spectacular Show. And yes, we were supposed to have talk show host Mark Levin, but he had to cancel at the last minute. Not to worry — we’ve still got National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru and our old friend Richard Epstein to guide us through all the Supreme Court decisions that came down this past week. Also, what’s that infernal typing noise and the proper use of the Oxford comma? Tune in and find out.
Music from this week’s’ episode:
America The Beautiful by Ray Charles
The opening sequence for the Ricochet Podcast was composed and produced by James Lileks.
Thanks, EJHill.
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I like the choice of out music, a nod to Mark Levin no doubt. Bravo Yeti!
Did Rob say that Florida’s capitol was the only Confederate state capitol not captured during the civil war? Was the capitol of Texas captured?
Look – we’re not all in the US – maybe just 30 seconds to explain what the hell Hobby Lobby was about? Anyone outside the US has no f’ing idea.
Good point.
I’ll have a lash.
Part of Obamacare required employers of a certain size to maintain health insurance that paid for contraception, with no co-payments. Hobby Lobby’s health insurance for their employees already paid for several types of contraception, but there were two, I think, one a device that prevents a fertile egg from implanting, and one, a morning after pill, that did the same. It was Hobby Lobby’s contention that life begins at conception, and that requiring them to pay for insurance to cover these two forms of birth control required them to participate in murder.
You don’t have an internet search engine? If you are interested in US politics enough to listen to this podcast, it’s on you, not them. Otherwise we will all have to listen to something we are all already familiar with just for you and other stragglers.
Great podcast – Richard Epstein and Ramesh Ponnuru were both fantastic.
There have been subs for Rob and Peter, but this podcast proves what an indispensable component James is. I don’t know if it’s the seques, the Upper Midwest perspective, or the quality of “James-ness” he brings to the podcasts, but he really glues everything together.
BTW, Ray Charles at the end was a great music choice.
Listening to this week’s Law Talk podcast would be very helpful and filter for MSM bias.
I’ve already liked the comment, but I just wanted to stress again the power of that segment. For me, the power started when Richard Epstein laid out his rule of thumb for writing judicial opinions – roughly, read and quote the entire sentence rather than one word. Otherwise, you are basically ruling from the bench. The enormity of that was sobering – and then to follow it with Rob and Peter’s discussion. What a one-two punch of the challenges we face.
I am reminded of Dave Carter’s post the day after the 2012 election where he wished “good luck” to those who pulled the lever for the Democrats. They were opening Pandora’s box and didn’t even know it. Seems it is becoming clearer for everyone.
Blue Yeti, was that you in the intro?
That was me doing a bad imitation of James Lileks. For next’s week’s show, I think we’ll let a member do the intro. Details next week.
Dibs
Thanks for pointing that out, Fred. That has gone into my notebook.
Really enjoyed this week’s podcast and the contributions were insightful. Disappointed not to hear Mark Levin but nice touch on playing out with Ray Charles version of “America, The Beautiful” which is always played out at the end of his shows on a Friday.
I’m sure you’ve read Atlas, so I’ll give a quick example. It’s not enough that they take the Reardon Metal from Reardon, they always insist on him agreeing to it. The sanction of the victim.
I haven’t looked back at this particular thread for several days. I was truly amazed to find so many likes on my comments and a personal note from a man who I have long admired enormously, Peter Robinson.
Ricochet is truly a remarkable site. For me, being an auditory learner, the podcasts are my main delight. However, this is the only site upon which I feel making a comment is of value and unlikely to elicit a storm of flames from trolls whose main function in life seems to be demean others. There is more decency and wisdom on this site than just about the whole rest of the web put together.
That’s just what Rob and I keep telling each other, Eugene, so it’s very, very good to hear you confirm it!
Ramesh was musing why the party in power should seek to define itself as “the opposition.”
The answer is that anything less than totalitarian control by the Left is seen as “out of power.”
I have been having problems with my Internet for a few days and am just getting to the podcast. Imagine my delight to find that Mark Levin dropped out! I cannot imagine how an obnoxious blowhard like him ended up on the Ricochet Podcast. You usually stick with a classier grade of guests.
KEEP HIM OFF THE PROGRAM, YA BIG DOPE!
You might not want to listen this week, then.
Thanks for the warning. I’m having a hard time picturing people like Rob Long, James Lileks, and Peter Robinson…the folks to whom I go for a refuge from the worst of right wing radio…with the likes of Mark Levin.
You saw me call dibs, right?
I like Levin, and if he wasn’t such a blowhard he wouldn’t have much of a show, but I agree with Skeptic, he isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I think he’s influential, a streetfighter, a philosopher.
I can’t wait to hear him on the podcast, I see him as the antidote to rhino squish.