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Does America Need to Find Its First Principles? A conversation with Tom Ricks
Episode 439
The past four years, really right up to this moment, have been a test for the American republic. Over and over we’ve heard it asked, “can our institu…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Dolly Parton Moment
Episode 438
During our last great cultural and political upheaval in the 60s, music provided the soundtrack. Rock stars were not in Silicon Valley, but in the …
5 years, 5 months ago
The Collapse of America's Founding Mythology
Episode 437
Every company has its foundational myth. From the beginning, it becomes the basis of the company’s culture, its marketing, and really its DNA. The sa…
5 years, 5 months ago
Biden..We Hardly Knew Ye
Episode 436
With the election just hours away, think about how many Presidents we’ve watched grow into the office. Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Earlier JFK and Jim…
5 years, 6 months ago
Up Close and Personal with Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
Episode 435
The United States Senate was once considered the world’s greatest deliberative body. As we witnessed in the first presidential debate, it’s entirely …
5 years, 6 months ago
Is Socialism Coming To America?
Episode 434
Bernie Sanders an avowed Democratic socialist, never a member of the Democratic party, ran two failed presidential campaigns, and yet he has succeede…
5 years, 6 months ago
Are We So Divided that Secession Is The Only Answer?
Episode 433
There was a time when there were things that united us. Through most of the 20th century for example they were things that had nothing to do with pol…
5 years, 6 months ago
Jimmy Carter: A Good and Decent Presidency
Episode 432
Before his massive failure with the Covid crises, someone remarked that Donald Trump may not turn out to be the worst President we ever had, but for …
5 years, 6 months ago
Is White Collar Corruption the New Normal?
Episode 431
Fitzgerald got it right. The rich are different. Even in the way they commit crimes.
Law and order phrases are shouted from rooftops with respect to…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Reverend Michael B. Curry: Advice for Times Like This Week/Month/Year
Episode 430
The world has been through tough times before. Wars, depression, the threat of Armageddon, and racial hatred are all nothing new. And yet something s…
5 years, 6 months ago