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E377. Michael Walsh: “Against the Great Reset”
December 15, 2022 17:54 - 57 minutes - 3.34 KBWe live in a time of “crisis addicts,” in which the left cannot shake its addiction to what might be called “crisis porn.” Remember Rahm Emanuel proclaiming in 2009, “Never let a good crisis go to waste”? He was merely stating openly what has been obvious for a century now—that governments use a “crisis” to expand its power and reach permanently, never entirely relinquishing new powers and higher... Source
E376. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: “You Went Full Lincoln, John—Never Go Full Lincoln!”
December 10, 2022 17:53 - 1 hour - 4.71 KBHoo boy, this week’s happy hour very nearly descended into a full-scale bar room brawl, even though we recorded in the morning over coffee instead of single-malts because John Yoo is still over in Rome! (And may not come back after this episode!) After noting a few late breaking news stories, such as Harvey Mansfield’s retirement and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise announcement that she’s becoming... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: "You Went Full Lincoln, John—Never Go Full Lincoln!"
December 10, 2022 17:53 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBHoo boy, this week’s happy hour very nearly descended into a full-scale bar room brawl, even though we recorded in the morning over coffee instead of single-malts because John Yoo is still over in Rome! (And may not come back after this episode!) After noting a few late breaking news stories, such as Harvey Mansfield’s retirement and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise announcement that she’s becoming... Source
Ilya Shapiro on the Supreme Court
December 08, 2022 18:03 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBWith the new Supreme Court term under way, and with several potential landmark oral arguments already in the can, I decided to catch up with Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, and author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court. It turns out that the kind of confirmation battles that have become famous ever... Source
E375. Ilya Shapiro on the Supreme Court
December 08, 2022 18:03 - 42 minutes - 2.49 KBWith the new Supreme Court term under way, and with several potential landmark oral arguments already in the can, I decided to catch up with Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, and author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court. It turns out that the kind of confirmation battles that have become famous ever... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour, on the Crisis of Our Time
December 03, 2022 18:59 - 57 minutes - 53 MBThe whisky bar is short one bartender this week as John Yoo is overseas yet again to Italy for some nefarious purpose, so it’s just Steve and Lucretia slinging the 180-proof analysis of the Twitter revelations and other news headlines of the end of the week. But the main topic is following up on the mid-week conversation with Glenn Ellmers on “Hard Truths & Radical Possibilities... Source
E374. The Three Whisky Happy Hour, on the Crisis of Our Time
December 03, 2022 18:59 - 57 minutes - 3.39 KBThe whisky bar is short one bartender this week as John Yoo is overseas yet again to Italy for some nefarious purpose, so it’s just Steve and Lucretia slinging the 180-proof analysis of the Twitter revelations and other news headlines of the end of the week. But the main topic is following up on the mid-week conversation with Glenn Ellmers on “Hard Truths & Radical Possibilities... Source
E373. Glenn Ellmers on “Hard Truths & Radical Possibilities”
November 29, 2022 22:17 - 1 hour - 3.66 KBGlenn Ellmers has done it again, with a new provocation that “the constitutional republic created by our founders no longer exists.” His article posted at American Greatness, “ Hard Truths and Radical Possibilities,” backs up this startling proposition with five very stark supporting arguments, starting with the fact that elections no longer suffice to control our government (even if they are fair... Source
Glenn Ellmers on "Hard Truths & Radical Possibilities"
November 29, 2022 22:17 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBGlenn Ellmers has done it again, with a new provocation that “the constitutional republic created by our founders no longer exists.” His article posted at American Greatness, “ Hard Truths and Radical Possibilities,” backs up this startling proposition with five very stark supporting arguments, starting with the fact that elections no longer suffice to control our government (even if they are fair... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Special Non-Crypto Thanksgiving Edition
November 25, 2022 22:40 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBIn this special Thanksgiving long weekend edition with John Yoo sitting in the rotating host chair, the 3WHH bartenders share some wine, whisky and food pairings from the big meal. Steve supplemented his usual fare with popovers, washed down with some 2015 Trump Meritage red, expecting that it was likely past its prime, and although it had indeed lost its fruit, the depth and complexity surprised... Source
E372. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Special Non-Crypto Thanksgiving Edition
November 25, 2022 22:40 - 1 hour - 4.44 KBIn this special Thanksgiving long weekend edition with John Yoo sitting in the rotating host chair, the 3WHH bartenders share some wine, whisky and food pairings from the big meal. Steve supplemented his usual fare with popovers, washed down with some 2015 Trump Meritage red, expecting that it was likely past its prime, and although it had indeed lost its fruit, the depth and complexity surprised... Source
E371. On European Conservatism, with Alvino-Mario Fantini
November 23, 2022 19:51 - 50 minutes - 2.95 KBOne of my favorite journals these days is The European Conservative, edited by the intrepid Alvino-Mario Fantini out of Vienna. Printed on heavy stock paper, its articles are adorned with fabulous reproductions of classic art, making it the kind of journal you’d happily put out on your coffee table alongside your gallery books from the Met or wherever. Back in September I wrote on Power Line about... Source
On European Conservatism, with Alvino-Mario Fantini
November 23, 2022 19:51 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBOne of my favorite journals these days is The European Conservative, edited by the intrepid Alvino-Mario Fantini out of Vienna. Printed on heavy stock paper, its articles are adorned with fabulous reproductions of classic art, making it the kind of journal you’d happily put out on your coffee table alongside your gallery books from the Met or wherever. Back in September I wrote on Power Line about... Source
E370. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Back to School of Athens
November 18, 2022 17:01 - 52 minutes - 3.05 KBYour Three Whisky Happy Hour bartenders wandered to Milan this week where we recorded a rare in-person episode, and since we met in Italy, naturally we taste-tested Austrian single-malt whisky, described on the label as “dark” and “peated.” You’ll have to listen to find out the complete verdict, though one hint is that we don’t think we’ll be rushing to import any Waldvietler whisky any time soon. Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Back to School of Athens
November 18, 2022 17:01 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBYour Three Whisky Happy Hour bartenders wandered to Milan this week where we recorded a rare in-person episode, and since we met in Italy, naturally we taste-tested Austrian single-malt whisky, described on the label as “dark” and “peated.” You’ll have to listen to find out the complete verdict, though one hint is that we don’t think we’ll be rushing to import any Waldvietler whisky any time soon. Source
E369. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: The McRib Election?
November 12, 2022 06:47 - 1 hour - 3.71 KBSome smart aleck wag at the Daily Caller has decided this midterm was the “McRib” election, saying “Democracy is like the McRib: It comes and goes mysteriously every two years or so and it is confusing. And, like politicians, once the McRib is reintroduced with a big ad campaign, you remember months later why you didn’t like it in the first place.” Needless to say, with lingering threats by... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: The McRib Election?
November 12, 2022 06:47 - 1 hour - 58 MBSome smart aleck wag at the Daily Caller has decided this midterm was the “McRib” election, saying “Democracy is like the McRib: It comes and goes mysteriously every two years or so and it is confusing. And, like politicians, once the McRib is reintroduced with a big ad campaign, you remember months later why you didn’t like it in the first place.” Needless to say, with lingering threats by... Source
E368. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Final Election Analysis and Predictions
November 05, 2022 15:10 - 1 hour - 4 KBWith John Yoo in the host chair this week, the 3WHH bartenders enjoy some four-finger pours of mostly American whisky ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election, which Steve and Lucretia think is going to be a wave of tsunami proportions. In addition to reviewing the still-volatile findings of the latest polls, we offer ranges of GOP pickups in the House and Senate (you’ll just have to listen to mark... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Final Election Analysis and Predictions
November 05, 2022 15:10 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWith John Yoo in the host chair this week, the 3WHH bartenders enjoy some four-finger pours of mostly American whisky ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election, which Steve and Lucretia think is going to be a wave of tsunami proportions. In addition to reviewing the still-volatile findings of the latest polls, we offer ranges of GOP pickups in the House and Senate (you’ll just have to listen to mark... Source
E367. Baseball and the Midterms with Henry Olsen
November 03, 2022 20:11 - 34 minutes - 2.01 KBWith the World Series knotted at 2-2, and the mid-term election just days away, it seemed the perfect time to catch up with Henry Olsen, the premier psephologist (trying saying that word fast just once, never mind seven times) of all things data-related when it comes to politics—and also baseball. We disagree about the decision to remove a starting pitcher working on a no-hitter into the 7th... Source
Baseball and the Midterms with Henry Olsen
November 03, 2022 20:11 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBWith the World Series knotted at 2-2, and the mid-term election just days away, it seemed the perfect time to catch up with Henry Olsen, the premier psephologist (trying saying that word fast just once, never mind seven times) of all things data-related when it comes to politics—and also baseball. We disagree about the decision to remove a starting pitcher working on a no-hitter into the 7th... Source
E366. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: The Supreme Court the Day After
November 01, 2022 18:01 - 53 minutes - 3.11 KBThat was an extraordinary five hours at the Supreme Court yesterday—twice as long as the oral arguments were originally scheduled to last—and the longer the argument went on, the worse it seemed to get for the defenders of raced-based admissions for higher education. Maybe that was by design on the part of Chief Justice Roberts, who was sarcastic in his open scorn for what he has previously called... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: The Supreme Court the Day After
November 01, 2022 18:01 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBThat was an extraordinary five hours at the Supreme Court yesterday—twice as long as the oral arguments were originally scheduled to last—and the longer the argument went on, the worse it seemed to get for the defenders of raced-based admissions for higher education. Maybe that was by design on the part of Chief Justice Roberts, who was sarcastic in his open scorn for what he has previously called... Source
E365. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Affirmative Action Game Day at the Supreme Court
October 29, 2022 18:02 - 1 hour - 3.88 KBOn Monday the Supreme Court takes up the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative action cases in what is the Super Bowl of civil rights litigation—arguably the biggest moment for the Court since Brown v. Board of Education. Naturally that is the focus of this episode, though we do briefly review a couple of the key news stories of the week, such as Fetterman’s collapse... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Affirmative Action Game Day at the Supreme Court
October 29, 2022 18:02 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBOn Monday the Supreme Court takes up the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative action cases in what is the Super Bowl of civil rights litigation—arguably the biggest moment for the Court since Brown v. Board of Education. Naturally that is the focus of this episode, though we do briefly review a couple of the key news stories of the week, such as Fetterman’s collapse... Source
Classified, With David Bernstein
October 27, 2022 14:43 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBNext Monday the Supreme Court takes up the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative action admissions cases, but before getting to the constitutional doctrine of the matter, there is a vexing matter that is often overlooked: if we’re going to be giving out racial preferences for admissions (and government contracts, etc), who counts as a member of which minority group? Source
E364. Classified, With David Bernstein
October 27, 2022 14:43 - 1 hour - 3.75 KBNext Monday the Supreme Court takes up the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative action admissions cases, but before getting to the constitutional doctrine of the matter, there is a vexing matter that is often overlooked: if we’re going to be giving out racial preferences for admissions (and government contracts, etc), who counts as a member of which minority group? Source
E363. The *Two* Whisky Happy Hour: Cleanup on Aisle 1776
October 26, 2022 01:19 - 36 minutes - 2.16 KBLucretia and Steve gave John Yoo the day off for this special interstitial (and abbreviated) episode that we’ll just call the *Two* Whisky Happy Hour, in which Lucretia and Steve clear up some confusion from our most recent fast-paced episode, where a few main points got muddled. Several new listeners want us to clear up exactly what we mean by natural right, how natural right (especially its... Source
The *Two* Whisky Happy Hour: Cleanup on Aisle 1776
October 26, 2022 01:19 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBLucretia and Steve gave John Yoo the day off for this special interstitial (and abbreviated) episode that we’ll just call the *Two* Whisky Happy Hour, in which Lucretia and Steve clear up some confusion from our most recent fast-paced episode, where a few main points got muddled. Several new listeners want us to clear up exactly what we mean by natural right, how natural right (especially its... Source
E362. Richard Epstein, Censored by YouTube
October 24, 2022 22:14 - 44 minutes - 2.62 KBLast February John Yoo and I hosted Richard Epstein, who needs no introduction for Ricochet members and listeners, for a lecture at Berkeley Law on his most recent book, The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law. Given that we were still under a mask mandate on campus at the time, Richard decided to talk about our COVID misadventures as a prime example of the administrative state run amok. Source
Richard Epstein, Censored by YouTube
October 24, 2022 22:14 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBLast February John Yoo and I hosted Richard Epstein, who needs no introduction for Ricochet members and listeners, for a lecture at Berkeley Law on his most recent book, The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law. Given that we were still under a mask mandate on campus at the time, Richard decided to talk about our COVID misadventures as a prime example of the administrative state run amok. Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Burke, Natural Right, and Free Speech
October 22, 2022 15:37 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBHoo boy! This week’s fiery episode takes up the argument leftover from last week about whether conservatism—and especially the new “national” variety that is sparking so much energy and enthusiasm right now—should conceive of its mission as Burkean in character, as “restorationist” or revolutionary. We cover a lot of ground, with Lucretia beating up on Steve for his suspicious Burkean sympathies... Source
E361. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Burke, Natural Right, and Free Speech
October 22, 2022 15:37 - 1 hour - 4.45 KBHoo boy! This week’s fiery episode takes up the argument leftover from last week about whether conservatism—and especially the new “national” variety that is sparking so much energy and enthusiasm right now—should conceive of its mission as Burkean in character, as “restorationist” or revolutionary. We cover a lot of ground, with Lucretia beating up on Steve for his suspicious Burkean sympathies... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Biggest Farce Contest
October 15, 2022 02:07 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBWith John Yoo in the host chair this week, we get off to a rocky start because a certain friend of ours made a favorable reference to Edmund Burke in a draft article shared with us in advance of publication, and Lucretia immediately went to DefCon1. To be continued next week! Anyway, after introducing our whiskies of the week, we get down to business with ranking the biggest farce of the week... Source
E360. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Biggest Farce Contest
October 15, 2022 02:07 - 1 hour - 3.67 KBWith John Yoo in the host chair this week, we get off to a rocky start because a certain friend of ours made a favorable reference to Edmund Burke in a draft article shared with us in advance of publication, and Lucretia immediately went to DefCon1. To be continued next week! Anyway, after introducing our whiskies of the week, we get down to business with ranking the biggest farce of the week... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Juris-Thermo-Armageddon Edition
October 08, 2022 16:10 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBFor the left, we have arrived at juris-thermo-geddon. If the Ruskies don’t nuke us, then the Supreme Court is going to nuke the Constitution! The Doomsday Clock at leftist institutions everywhere is striking midnight, yet somehow the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists “official” Doomsday Clock hasn’t budged, because apparently it is just a climate change clock now. Anyway, before taking up the legal... Source
E359. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Juris-Thermo-Armageddon Edition
October 08, 2022 16:10 - 1 hour - 3.54 KBFor the left, we have arrived at juris-thermo-geddon. If the Ruskies don’t nuke us, then the Supreme Court is going to nuke the Constitution! The Doomsday Clock at leftist institutions everywhere is striking midnight, yet somehow the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists “official” Doomsday Clock hasn’t budged, because apparently it is just a climate change clock now. Anyway, before taking up the legal... Source
E358. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: From Command and Control to Fascism
October 01, 2022 16:46 - 1 hour - 3.94 KBThis week offers a hybrid car of an episode—almost literally as it turns out—as John Yoo was traveling midweek when Lucretia and Steve gathered in person with Richard Samuelson to record the first half, reviewing his reflections on the significance of the “Washington Football Team” deciding to name themselves the “ Commanders,” which rather fits the administrative state today, no? From there we go... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: From Command and Control to Fascism
October 01, 2022 16:46 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThis week offers a hybrid car of an episode—almost literally as it turns out—as John Yoo was traveling midweek when Lucretia and Steve gathered in person with Richard Samuelson to record the first half, reviewing his reflections on the significance of the “Washington Football Team” deciding to name themselves the “ Commanders,” which rather fits the administrative state today, no? From there we go... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: From Star Wars to Law Wars
September 23, 2022 22:20 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBThis week the gang revisits the taxonomy of which Star Wars characters map properly onto the domain of the New Rebel Alliance, aka, the “national conservatives” we discussed in some detail last week, chiefly because John and Steve knew it would annoy Lucretia, who declined to accept the open position as the Princess Leia of the NatCons. But this was all just preface for her on-the-scene report of... Source
E357. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: From Star Wars to Law Wars
September 23, 2022 22:20 - 1 hour - 4.14 KBThis week the gang revisits the taxonomy of which Star Wars characters map properly onto the domain of the New Rebel Alliance, aka, the “national conservatives” we discussed in some detail last week, chiefly because John and Steve knew it would annoy Lucretia, who declined to accept the open position as the Princess Leia of the NatCons. But this was all just preface for her on-the-scene report of... Source
Cleveland Rocks, with Troy Senik
September 20, 2022 17:54 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBMove over Calvin Coolidge: Grover Cleveland has a valid claim to being regarded as the most constitutionally faithful and fiscally frugal president since the Civil War—a case made splendidly in Troy Senik’s new biography that is being published today, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. What explains this outlier of a politician, who is so unlike... Source
E356. Cleveland Rocks, with Troy Senik
September 20, 2022 17:54 - 50 minutes - 2.95 KBMove over Calvin Coolidge: Grover Cleveland has a valid claim to being regarded as the most constitutionally faithful and fiscally frugal president since the Civil War—a case made splendidly in Troy Senik’s new biography that is being published today, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. What explains this outlier of a politician, who is so unlike... Source
E355. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Drink Up for Constitution Day!
September 17, 2022 18:41 - 1 hour - 4.76 KBToday is Constitution Day, so naturally conversation at the 3WHH bar turned directly to the question of whether the state-mandated observances of Constitution Day in public colleges and universities are unconstitutional! Naturally there is division on this issue that maps with our ongoing division over the perspicacity of peated whisky. John (left) appears less than convinced here. Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Drink Up for Constitution Day!
September 17, 2022 18:41 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBToday is Constitution Day, so naturally conversation at the 3WHH bar turned directly to the question of whether the state-mandated observances of Constitution Day in public colleges and universities are unconstitutional! Naturally there is division on this issue that maps with our ongoing division over the perspicacity of peated whisky. John (left) appears less than convinced here. Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: God Save the Queen
September 09, 2022 14:54 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBWith John Yoo sitting in the host chair this week, we decided to post this episode a day early partly on account of travel schedules (John and Steve are head for the NatCon conference in Miami), and partly because of the breaking news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Also because it turns out that the favorite whisky of King Charles III is reportedly Laphroaig 15, which counts as a point in... Source
E354. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: God Save the Queen
September 09, 2022 14:54 - 1 hour - 3.84 KBWith John Yoo sitting in the host chair this week, we decided to post this episode a day early partly on account of travel schedules (John and Steve are head for the NatCon conference in Miami), and partly because of the breaking news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Also because it turns out that the favorite whisky of King Charles III is reportedly Laphroaig 15, which counts as a point in... Source
E353. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Behind Biden’s F-Bomb
September 03, 2022 03:13 - 1 hour - 4.71 KBThe setting for Biden’s speech was so bad that it rivals Michael Dukakis’s tank ride for disastrous visuals, but that’s noting compared to the egregious content, which makes Jimmy Carter’s dreadful “malaise” speech seem like Demosthenes by comparison. Speaking of the demos, Biden’s speech can be seen an as especially inartful presumption of anti-republican principles that have been at the center... Source
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Behind Biden's F-Bomb
September 03, 2022 03:13 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBThe setting for Biden’s speech was so bad that it rivals Michael Dukakis’s tank ride for disastrous visuals, but that’s noting compared to the egregious content, which makes Jimmy Carter’s dreadful “malaise” speech seem like Demosthenes by comparison. Speaking of the demos, Biden’s speech can be seen an as especially inartful presumption of anti-republican principles that have been at the center... Source
E352. The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Back to School
August 27, 2022 04:27 - 1 hour - 3.98 KBOnce again the three-host Three Whisky Happy Hour didn’t get around to any whisky reviews, distracted once again by important breaking fast-food news. But the main first topic of this back-to-school special edition is the role education is playing in this election cycle. On the K-12 level, the same dynamic that propelled Glenn Youngkin to victory in Virginia last year seems to have legs... Source