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The Francophiles

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We're a man down this week, as James Lileks is in Reno (no, he did not a shoot a man there just to watch him die), but we have lots to talk about and two great guests to discuss it all with. Our old pal David Limbaugh returns to give us insight into his new book The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in The Gospels. It's a fascinating book in which David combines the four Gospel stories into a unified account (though not, he humbly admits, a perfect harmony) and guides readers on a faith journey through the Four Evangelists' testimonies of the life of Jesus Christ. And yes, we talk about Trump too. Then, if you really want to understand what's going on in Europe, then you have to go to Europe. Or, at least call someone in Europe. So we rang up John O'Sullivan who knows more about the E.U., Brexit, and the French elections as anyone. Finally, courtesy of Ricochet member @robertmcreynolds, we delve in to the question of sanctuary cities, and while we're at it, do a drive-by of Berkeley and of Cuba. Yes, Cuba. You'll have to listen to find out why.

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Music from this week’s episode: I Love Paris by Ella Fitzgerald

Does your dog bite, @EJHill?

Hosts:
Peter RobinsonRob Long
Guest:
DLDavid Limbaugh

Discussion (33)

  • Robert McReynolds
    Looks like I will have to listen to this one.
  • FredGoodhue@FredGoodhue
    I have less of a problem with Obama making big speaking fees than with the Clintons. With the Clintons, the payers had good reason to think that one of them would become President. So there was a potential quid pro quo.
  • FredGoodhue@FredGoodhue

    With the illegal alien problem, many employers knew that many potential hires were illegals, but were ignoring it. I think it's right that they be required to ignore that legal status.

    With the illegal alien problem and local police, in many areas illegal aliens are the locus of the local crime problem. The police could greatly reduce crime by helping to deport illegal aliens.

  • Stina@CM

    Considering Orban and the Hungarians being/preferring someone more authoritarian than our tastes would prefer, being a country with 10M and largely homogenous it is a preference that they can afford.

    I don't think I ever considered that democratically elected central planners were a bad thing if a significant majority preferred it. I was under the impression that such a style does not work in America because we ARE a nation of many smaller "nations", at least as perceived by our founders. Maryland and Texas need not have the same style of governance so decentralization is preferable.

    This was always something I found bizarre about the EU. If it was to work together in a peaceful manner, I thought the UN had that handled. The EU really felt like some attempt to mimic the worst parts of the US system (a centralized government).

    This was my first podcast and I greatly enjoyed it. Rob Long should keep doing advertisements. He's charming in an awkward way, lol.

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