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Erick makes the case that the Republican midterm bloodbath is overstated, backing Ken Paxton over James Talarico in Texas and Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, with a look at Senate races in Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina. He then digs into the new CBS News report on the Iranian attack on Camp […]

Erick opens with a Gulf Coast hurricane warning for Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, then breaks down the New York Fed report showing tariffs raised prices on 67 categories of goods by 2.9 percentage points, plus Morgan Stanley data on the stock market slump and an AI boom holding up the economy. He defends Treasury […]

Erick turns a left-lane road rage story, complete with his Claude voice assistant joking about driver stereotypes, into a sermon on America as a low-trust society, from McDonald’s free refills to razor blades locked behind glass, with Jeff Bezos on Fox News defending success. He also takes on the code enforcers threatening a San Jose […]

Donald Trump's outrageous demands and confrontational rhetoric may be more calculated than his critics realize. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down Trump's "art of the deal" strategy, from threats to retake the Panama Canal and acquire Greenland to his pressure campaigns against Canada and NATO. Hanson argues that Trump's willingness to make extreme demands, provoke outrage, and put world leaders on t...

There’s good news and bad news, Toto: We are still in Kansas, but it’s not the safe state we’d grown used to. With the midterms less than a month away, and reports confirming the GOP’s move to divert funds to tightening races in the agricultural belt, Henry opts to fly solo this week to survey […]

There's good news and bad news, Toto: We are still in Kansas, but it's not the safe state we'd grown used to. With the midterms less than a month away, and reports confirming the GOP's move to divert funds to tightening races in the agricultural belt, Henry opts to fly solo this week to survey the windswept field ahead of the battle. Considerable movement has occurred in response to the president'...

Erick makes the case that the Republican midterm bloodbath is overstated, backing Ken Paxton over James Talarico in Texas and Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, with a look at Senate races in Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina. He then digs into the new CBS News report on the Iranian attack on Camp Buehring in Kuwait, the aircraft losses the Pentagon downplayed, and word that Presi...

Erick opens with a Gulf Coast hurricane warning for Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, then breaks down the New York Fed report showing tariffs raised prices on 67 categories of goods by 2.9 percentage points, plus Morgan Stanley data on the stock market slump and an AI boom holding up the economy. He defends Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent against a Wall Street Journal hit job, takes on the Kimb...

Erick turns a left-lane road rage story, complete with his Claude voice assistant joking about driver stereotypes, into a sermon on America as a low-trust society, from McDonald's free refills to razor blades locked behind glass, with Jeff Bezos on Fox News defending success. He also takes on the code enforcers threatening a San Jose pastor's food pantry with $ 20,000-a-day fines, Delta's Wi-Fi me...

Sitcom viewers will recall the "Soup Nazi" from Seinfeld, but the famous Soup Nazi needs to yield to the latest iteration of this low form of comedy, as this week's episode features the person who has been called "the Shampoo Nazi"—Charles Haywood. We would have thought that people named "EricKKK EricKKKson " (see how easy it is to be stupid?) would know Godwin's Law , whose most important corolla...

President Trump is firing back at Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Marco Rubio delivers a powerful speech, and new questions emerge about the Biden administration’s handling of national security threats. Plus, Brandon Gill sounds the alarm on Somali immigration and fraud, Kathy Hochul brags about refusing to cooperate with ICE, and the Chicks react to […]

Why are diesel prices soaring, and why doesn’t American energy independence shield consumers from global shocks? Richard Epstein discusses how war, restrictions on pipelines, and strained international relationships affect energy supplies. He also looks at the limits of energy self-sufficiency, the risks of disrupting global trade, and why expanding supply is essential to easing pressure […]

Join Jim and Greg for the Thursday 3 Martini Lunch as they discuss Secretary of State Marco Rubio praising and defending Western Civilization, an Islamist terrorism plot against the Mall of America getting foiled, Democrats pretending to be against boys in girls sports at a politically convenient time, and the coffee shop celebrating the 10/7 […]

President Trump is firing back at Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Marco Rubio delivers a powerful speech, and new questions emerge about the Biden administration's handling of national security threats. Plus, Brandon Gill sounds the alarm on Somali immigration and fraud, Kathy Hochul brags about refusing to cooperate with ICE, and the Chicks react to the latest immigration and public safety controvers...

Join Jim and Greg for the Thursday 3 Martini Lunch as they discuss Secretary of State Marco Rubio praising and defending Western Civilization, an Islamist terrorism plot against the Mall of America getting foiled, Democrats pretending to be against boys in girls sports at a politically convenient time, and the coffee shop celebrating the 10/7 Hamas atrocities. New episodes every weekday. 👉 Subscr...

In this episode, we are joined by Chris Miller for a clear-minded and sobering discussion of the future of AI. The geopolitical competition between the United States and China in the field of artificial intelligence is the arms race of the 21st century, yet in this case, the product is self-improving. Some warn it could […]

Why are diesel prices soaring, and why doesn’t American energy independence shield consumers from global shocks? Richard Epstein discusses how war, restrictions on pipelines, and strained international relationships affect energy supplies. He also looks at the limits of energy self-sufficiency, the risks of disrupting global trade, and why expanding supply is essential to easing pressure on farmer...

What if families in your state could unlock thousands of dollars for their children’s education thanks to a new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit, but your state hasn’t opted in yet? Averel Meden of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Coalition joins the podcast to explain the Treasury Department’s newly released rules governing the tax credit […]

Forty years ago this month, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), a law intended as a grand bargain: legalizing millions of illegal aliens while establishing workplace enforcement to end the economic magnet that encouraged illegal immigration. Spoiler alert: the amnesty happened, the enforcement did not. On this 40th anniversary, Parsing […]

Forty years ago this month, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), a law intended as a grand bargain: legalizing millions of illegal aliens while establishing workplace enforcement to end the economic magnet that encouraged illegal immigration. Spoiler alert: the amnesty happened, the enforcement did not. On this 40th anniversary, Parsing Immigration Policy features...

In this episode, we are joined by Chris Miller for a clear-minded and sobering discussion of the future of AI. The geopolitical competition between the United States and China in the field of artificial intelligence is the arms race of the 21st century, yet in this case, the product is self-improving. Some warn it could end humanity, while others refute these claims as exaggerations. So, what is t...

What if families in your state could unlock thousands of dollars for their children's education thanks to a new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit, but your state hasn't opted in yet? Averel Meden of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Coalition joins the podcast to explain the Treasury Department’s newly released rules governing the tax credit for donations to scholarship granting organizations,...

Kumon, Sylvan Learning, Mathnasium, and Huntington Learning Center—these private tutoring chains are familiar names, but they have received little attention from education researchers. According to recent research co-authored by Josh Goodman, however, this is an oversight. Not only has the number of private tutoring centers tripled since the late 1990s, but private tutoring centers also […]

Mounting U.S. military pressure and a tightening economic embargo have left Iran’s regime searching for negotiations, political intervention, or any other escape route. Trump’s greatest mistake now would be easing the pressure when the regime may be approaching the point of collapse or losing its ability to wage war through terrorist proxies, argues Victor Davis […]

On the third anniversary of the October 7th Hamas massacre, Erick Erickson takes on the genocide in Gaza propaganda campaign, the rise of antisemitism on Ivy League campuses and in the West, and the real history of Judea and the Jewish homeland. Former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren joins to discuss Hamas, Iron Dome, the Abraham […]