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The Reykjaviking Crew

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Summit

This week, a little history and a little current events. First, author/historian Ken Adelman on his new book Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War, and on the what lessons from that summit can be applied to the current crisis in Russia. Then, our old fiends Bill Kristol stops by for some conversation on the state of the races to retake Congress, and yes, even 2016. Finally, we wrap up the show with a bracing conversation about Misthiocracy's post, Who has a rebuttal for this San Jose minimum wage article? We've got an answer, but it'll cost you $10 bucks an hour to fix it.

Music from this week's' episode:

Do You Know The Way To San Jose by Dionne Warwick

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Discussion (15)

  • user_1938@AaronMiller

    James should be making a fortune in radio advertising or movie trailers. It's hard to believe he wasn't always the podcast host.

    The lesson all Republicans should draw from that meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev: If you don't need to compromise, don't compromise.

    "[Russia] has less than one fourth of the nuclear weapons than the Soviet Union had." And that matters? Is this why Obama is so cavalier about Iran getting the bomb? Having more than one nuke is like owning more than one car: it's nice to have a backup, but you only need one at a time.

    As I recall, Titus Andronicus at least explored the conflict between loyalty to family versus loyalty to the state. It's like a modern Antigone.

    Modern diplomacy is the opposite of Steyn's quip "The process is the punishment." Instead, "The process is the reward."

  • user_477123@Wolverine
    I know it is impolite to bring this up but not sure what to make of Ken Adelman's 2008 endorsement of Barak Obama,which was more of an anti-McCain endorsement than a pro-Obama one. His reason for supporting Obama was based on "temperament and judgement" in his words. I guess in terms of character being evasive, deceptive, and associating with a cast of characters including Bill Ayres, Reverand Wright and Rashid Khalidi counts for more than surviving a prison camp in Vietnam. Still bitter when I think of Chris Buckley, George Will, Ken Adelman and Peggy Noonan getting taken in by this guy.
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