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The Ricochet Podcast

Ups and Downs

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Who doesn't love a parade? Certainly not us. We also love a rising market, good explanations of complicated investigations, and clear and concise commentary on the economy. That's why we invited Andrew McCarthy and Larry Kudlow on this week's show. They ably guide us through both issues with clarity, good humor, and yes, a bit of scolding. Also, a Minnesotan's view of the Super Bowl and more about that bet with John Yoo.

Music from this week's podcast: Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Hosted by James Lileks and Peter Robinson, with guests AMAndy McCarthy and Larry Kudlow

Discussion (6)

  • Texmoor@Texmoor

    When it comes to the parade, I'm more with David French in that it's not the end of the world. Are there better things the military can do with their time or spend money on, yes, but the rabid anti-Trump crowd has gone overboard in their criticism of a parade.

    Selfishly, I wouldn't mind participating and getting a paid vacation to DC. The military does similar public outreach with Navy weeks and airshows. Maybe they can use the budget for those programs toward a parade.

    I also believe there needs to be a big commemoration of the end of WW1. Tying a parade to that would be a great idea.

  • JuliaBlaschke@JuliaBlaschke
    Read Andrew McCarthy's weekend piece at NRO and listened to this. This is a huge deal but it seems to be largely ignored. Amazing. People seem to believe anything is acceptable, even laudable if you are working against Trump. I can't stand Trump but I'm not going to look the other way at this horrible behavior!
  • Henry Castaigne@HenryCastaigne

    JuliaBlaschke (View Comment):

    Read Andrew McCarthy’s weekend piece at NRO and listened to this. This is a huge deal but it seems to be largely ignored. Amazing. People seem to believe anything is acceptable, even laudable if you are working against Trump. I can’t stand Trump but I’m not going to look the other way at this horrible behavior!

    We need to have principles. Perhaps it is right to compromise for certain things but we can’t give up everything for partisan gain. I think that the left is more susceptible to this than the right because they believe that once that have power hey can fix everything but it is certainly not limited to the left.

  • Umbra Fractus@UmbraFractus
    Larry Kudlow is the textbook example of a "conservative" economist who learned all the wrong lessons from the Reagan Administration. No, the key to lowering the deficit is not economic growth; it's cutting spending. Nothing else will work. We don't have a growth problem; we don't have a revenue problem; we have a spending problem. Mucking around with the tax code, whether it's the Right trying to spur growth or the Left trying to soak the rich, won't accomplish anything if we continue to ignore the real problem. When a private entity, whether it's a corporation or an individual, is over their head in debt the first thing they're told to do is to cut back on spending. It is absolutely absurd that the Federal Government is not expected to follow the same advice.
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