I picked up my son from his elementary school just after I learned about the mass shooting at a similar school in Texas, and I realized how lucky I was to be doing that. I thought of the parents at Uvalde, who were waiting ...
No one can hear that news and not be moved. And pretty much everyone reacts by wondering if we can "do something." Unfortunately, there's not much "something" that we can do that will have any effect at all in the near term.
Gun control doesn't work, and won't be possible in a crime wave. Democrats can't have it both ways: you can't spend a whole year demonizing police and cutting their funds and then make it harder for citizens to protect themselves.
Mental health is a real issue, though it's not a quick fix. I tend to believe we have something wrong in our popular culture, when young men (they are almost all young men) seek fulfillment in these dramatic, murderous shooting episodes.
If I were to do anything -- and I wouldn't actually do this, because it's not constitutional -- I would ban first-person shooter games. I think that while most people don't enact their fantasies, there are always a few who will.
Meanwhile... much of the shrieking from celebrities and politicians is just that: shrieking. It's narcissism at best, and exploitation of tragedy for political purposes, at worst. Democrats need an issue, and they are desperate.
This week, we are tackling two major areas of contention between the Trump administration and Democrat governors: fighting crime, and redistricting. The president is sending the National Guard to blue cities -- and blue states are trying to stamp out Republican representation. Is this a civil war situation?
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye -- Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on redistricting
- Tom Manza, California Business and Industrial Alliance, on Gavin Newsom
- Jon Fleischman, veteran California political expert, on the special election
- Dan Backer, veteran political lawyer and consultant, on corruption
- DJ Mark Anthony, on a recent visit to Rome and visiting Pope Leo XIV
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This week's portion is the last of the month of Av -- also known as Menachem (Comforter) Av -- which begins in mourning and ends in celebration and anticipation of the New Year and the process of repentance and renewal.
In a similar vein, the portion features Moses offering the Israelites a choice between a blessing and a curse. They are masters of their own fates: if they obey God's commandments, they receive the blessings -- and vice versa.
The key commandment is to reject idol worship. There is said to be something magnetic about the practice of worshiping idols in the new land, such that it would be constant moral battle, both individually and collectively, in the land.
Nowadays, according to Jewish tradition, humanity has lost the urge for idol worship (and the antidote, which is divine prophecy) -- but there are several near substitutes, such as lust or excessive appetites for worldly pleasures.
We are wired for compulsive behaviors, bad habits, and even addictions. These ...
We have so much to talk about this week -- Trump's efforts to negotiate peace through negotiation, and Gavin Newsom's efforts to divide Americans through gerrymandering. We'll also talk about Playboy leaving LA and California.
Special guests:
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Russia & Ukraine
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on Newsom
Harmeet Dhillon - DOJ Civil Rights Division chief, on the fight against DEI
Jessica Vaugn - Playboy model on political commentator, on California
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