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This week we're joined once again by the historian, political theorist, and borscht-belt comedian Richard Samuelson to break the 3WHH deadlock on "the FDR Question." But fear not weary listeners, we dispose of that question in short order, and move on to other things. ("Team Lucretia" will be pleased with his tie-breaking verdict.)
Among our other topics include the San Francisco school board recall, how the latest perversity of environmental law has suddenly landed hard on UC Berkeley in ways the left never anticipated, and of course a few recent COVID highlights, including especially the perverse incentives that lead CDC and "public health" bureaucrats to want to keep COVID panic going forever.
Finally, we end with some reminiscences of P.J. O'Rourke including a few of our favorite classic lines of his, and also the surprising advice he once gave Steve about public speaking.
Hosted by 'Lucretia', John Yoo, and Steve Hayward, with guests "Lucretia" and Richard Samuelson
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As my young adult daughter explained, Adele lost a lot of weight . . . and Kelly Clarkson found it.
The book "Eleni" by author Nicholas Gage, is the biography of his mother, who was killed by communist guerrillas in 1948, during the Greek Civil War. The book is very compelling, which the movie wasn't able to convey quite as well, despite its marquee cast of Kate Nelligan and John Malkovich. Surely part of the problem is that when the movie was made, Kate Nelligan was at the peak of her powers, and being a very good looking woman it was impossible to portray her credibly as a victim of torture in wartime.
What Eleni Gatzoyiannis went through to enable her children to escape communism is frighteningly analogous to what 21st Century parents might need to do to get their children out of the government schools.
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Good PJ O'Rourke appreciation. Embellishing a comment on another post:
Taras:
I mentioned that brilliant essay to PJ O’Rourke, in 1997 at the CATO Institute in Washington DC, where PJ was hosting an event. I then asked him to sign my copy of “Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut.” He opened the book, drew a peace sign, then drew a big circle around the peace sign with a slash through it, and captioned the drawing “Peace Kills!”
That signed book is a prized possession. The book “Peace Kills” was published in 2004.
Many cite his treatise on politics "Parliament of Whores" as O'Rourke's best, and while I agree that it's outstanding, I think it is best appreciated as a bookend opposite his treatise on economics, "Eat the Rich."
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This podcast gave me an idea for a slogan: "Just as we oppose the nationalization of industry, so should we oppose the nationalization of children."
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I'm Team Hayward in all matters Power Line, except I'll throw him under the bus every day of the week for Lucretia. ;-)
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Ah, yes. The judicious Hooker. I approve that reference.
I was a hooker in high school, you know. Rosslyn Eagles rugby sevens. Good times.
Here's that Berkeley:
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