David Theroux, Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker debunk anti-Thanksgiving myths and examine the absurd politics of the Omicron variant of COVID-19; Biden's mandates and economic folly; oil, energy and climate issues; inflation as a regressive tax; comparative criminal justice and bail in Kenosha and Waukesha, WI, the Asbury murder case in GA, and the Jussie Smollet racialist hoax case in Chicago; organized retail crime, "smash and grab," and shop-lifting; midterm elections with Tracey Abrams in GA and Dr. Mehmet Oz in PA; the 2022 Winter Beijing Olympics and missing Chinese tennis superstar Peng Shuai; and more.
Resisting unprecedented political and ideological pressure—including public violence and an attempted assassination of a sitting Justice—the U.S. Supreme Court just issued two 6-3 decisions...
Trump tried tariffs, he wants to try them some more, in order to help workers; what’s wrong with that? California wants to help workers...
In this episode of Independent Conversations, historians Amity Shlaes and David Beito discuss FDR's policies of Japanese internment, spying on Americans, and violations of...