January 25, 2019

Everybody Must Get Stone

Occasionally, a news story breaks while we are recording this show and the hosts must react in real time. This week, two stories broke as we were in the midst of the show: news of Roger Stone's indictment and the end of the shutdown (at least for now). In between these stories, we talk to the Washington Post's Megan McCardle about the Covington High School blow up last weekend and the business model for newspapers. Then, the New York Post's Op-Ed editor Sohrab Amari drops by to talk about his new book From Fire, By Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith and his remarkable life story. We also talk about the Catholic Church and the situation in Venezuela. Listen!

Music from this week's show: Turn To Stone by Electric Light Orchestra

Hosts:: James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guests:: MMMegan McArdleSASohrab Ahmari

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filmklassik@filmklassik7y
Another good podcast but Megan didn’t fully answer Rob’s question about whether the majority of the media’s apologies re: the Covington kids weren’t so mealy-mouthed and so qualified that they became self-defeating (e.g. “Yes, granted, we probably did jump the gun on this one, but — BUT! — all those MAGA hats on the heads of all those teens says a lot about the biases and prejudices lurking beneath them.”)
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EJHill@EJHill7y
Smirk.
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Scott R@ScottR7y
Careful Peter - one more time professing your affection for Roger Stone will get you on Mueller’s radar.
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Scott R (View Comment):
Careful Peter – one more time professing your affection for Roger Stone will get you on Mueller’s radar.
You have a point. Roger Stone? Who's that?
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kedavis@kedavis7y
Megan McCardle is proud of the article she wrote based on the emails from "Never-Trump" conservatives, but she has no way to know that they really were.
As I've posted elsewhere, any "conservative" who would have even considered voting for Hillary in 2016, wasn't really conservative. And I have doubts about those who just didn't vote at all.

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