Plus: The Chesa Boudin Inflection Point in Fight for Civilizational Sanity
June 11 2022
Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration tells Americans to sit down and shut up about its double standards. Not a smart move, Victor Davis Hanson writes. On the podcast, Richard Reinsch welcomes three guests to help him chart the future of conservatism in America. Plus: San Francisco starts something by recalling its district attorney; a Colorado businesswoman counts on the Supreme Court to protect her First Amendment rights; and comedians give Kamala Harris a pass. Forty years ago today, director Steven Spielberg’s science fiction film “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” opens in theaters on its way to becoming a $435 million blockbuster.
Americans feel that ordinary citizens like themselves who follow the rules are treated more harshly by their own government than are noncitizens and our own progressive elites.
The ouster of San Francisco’s district attorney is yet another data point evincing the woke left’s cultural and political overreach throughout the United States.
Sam Gregg of the Acton Institute, Arthur Milikh of the Claremont Institute, and Catherine Pakaluk of The Catholic University of America discuss emerging issues in conservatism.
Harris’ public persona all but demands a satirical scorching. Her scattershot speeches routinely go viral on social media, with “amateur” comics doing the work Team Late Night won’t.
