Tag: Suicide of the West

Jonah Goldberg is a syndicated conservative columnist, political analyst, commentator, podcast host, and author of Bridget’s Bible: Suicide of the West. Jonah shares how his upbringing in a media and politics-heavy household shaped his future, and gave him a realistic perspective about politics and the media that most people don’t have. He and Bridget discuss the dangers a generation of children pose when they’ve been raised to believe that their feelings are the only source of authority they need, why middle-aged managers are terrified of their “woke” 20-something staffers, and how fragility is being taught rather than mental toughness. They cover young conservatives being led to believe that it’s cool to be a**holes, why not allowing people to grow or change their positions is not a good practice, how Americans are much richer than they realize, and why Twitter makes you feel like you’re living in a small town where everyone’s in your business. Check out his podcast The Remnant.

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Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. Goldberg vs. Reno: it is Goldberg for the Win!

 

Jonah Goldberg doesn’t need me to defend him, but since we had two posts on this subject already (found here and here), I thought it was worth my time to read the entire R.R. Reno review.

The review was terrible. Frankly, I expected Mr. Reno to hold himself to a higher standard than he achieved in his review of Jonah Goldberg’s book. Goldberg responded to the review on Twitter by laughing at it. I thought I might give a longer response. Let’s start right at the top.

Mr. Reno writes:

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Left Just Doesn’t Appreciate “The Miracle”

 

I’m friends with many different sorts of people, as my Facebook feed would attest. My acquaintances range from Anarcho-capitalists to religious conservatives to people who are, well … socialists. I’m frequently reminded of that fact whenever I log on and find things like this:

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Here’s Jonah Goldberg on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah last night. Here’s Jonah on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about a decade ago. Preview Open

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