Lying in Politics

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Not a whole lot of news this time out. The title of the post is obviously drawn from the essay in Hannah Arendt’s Crises of the Republic.

Which we should all read, but if the point of this show is that politicians stopped believing the American public capable of argument and then dumbed us down to the point that we actually became incapable of argument, then I guess the point is also that as a rule, we don’t read Arendt or anything else that might explain what’s going wrong at the heart of us.

Happy Monday, folks!

The Plan for Mexico

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Hey Everybody,

This Monday’s show is short and to the point. Next Monday, we’re back to Iran. You might be able to hear in this one that I’m a little sick. The unfortunate side-effect of having a weekly show where I talk is that, well, if I get sick I’ve still gotta record. I’m going to try to get as well as I can before I hammer Iran, but I’ve got to get in the booth soon or there’s no way I’ll have time to finish editing this week.

The “booth”

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