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Andrew Klavan returns to the Ricochet Podcast for a special Good Friday/Easter episode! He, Rob and Peter cover everything from antisemitism—the devil's flagpole, as Drew calls it—and what it really means to believe that Christ is King; on to poetics, popular fiction, political persuasiveness and the right's shortcomings as conveyors of truth.
Plus, Peter and Rob give a tribute to the last centrist Democrat, Joe Lieberman; and consider the power of container ships, both as objects and as economic game changers after one knocked out a bridge in Rob's city of origin.
- Audio this week: Emergency Dispatch recording in Baltimore Harbor
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I find myself wondering why, in addition to police blocking off the ends of the bridge, a couple more vehicles didn't go down and pick up the people working. Or at least tell them (in Spanish, I suppose) that they needed to get off.
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James indeed missed a wonderful episode. I read Andrew's brilliant analysis of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" this morning in the New Jerusalem newsletter (highly recommended) and then listened to this deep conversation this evening. Makes for a good day.
I share with Peter the bewilderment over the rise of antisemitism on campuses. The stories just keep coming day after day, and at least I think it's showing the horrible failure of our schools. Now, how to fix it while the left is firmly in control of the schools is another question. As Andrew said, though, despair is a sin, so let us hope the homeschooling and classical education models can slowly turn things around in the decades to come. But right now, we're like a cargo ship helplessly drifting toward the Key Bridge.
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Meanwhile, on the funny Michelangelo side...
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Classic!
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Delighted to hear CABRINI get a positive mention, even in passing ...Andrew ought to see it since he correctly notes the paucity of good Christian movies. (Peter, too!) This is one of the BEST I've seen...
Grandkids? My mother's favorite line was that if she knew grandkids would be so great she would have had them first.
Lastly, as a personal favor, I would appreciate it if one of you could add The Pieta to the Sistine Chapel as ...'even better than' etc ...... (Although my mother said that the feeling of falling in love for the first time is very similar to these happenings that were mentioned...)
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