We have a very special show this week -- starting with a great hour-long conversation with South Africa's Gareth Cliff, a radio and podcasting host who is one of the most insightful observers of America's political scene from abroad.
Gareth offers a unique perspective on the Mar-a-Lago raid; on the electricity shortage; and also -- you're going to want to hear this -- on the student loan bailout. He also talks about the prospects for political change in South Africa.
Next, we discuss the student loan bailout -- which has proven to be surprisingly unpopular, given that it's essentially free money. It turns out that Americans care about responsibility and fairness -- even above short-term self-interest.
Special guests:
Gareth Cliff - broadcaster and podcaster from CliffCentral.com
Noah Weinrich - spokesperson for Heritage Action, on the student loan bailout
John Carney - Breitbart News financial editor on the student loan bailout
Michael McAdams - NRCC comms director, on prospects for the midterms
Lee Smith - author of The Plot Against the President, on Mar-a-Lago raid
Paris Dennard - consultant and pundit, on midterms and Rayshard Brooks
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SiriusXM 125, 7-10 p.m. ET, 4-7 p.m. PT
This week's show will be slightly different from the norm: we'll focus on clips and topics, rather than guests -- and that, hopefully, will mean more input from the callers (unless you are all watching football on opening weekend).
Topics:
- The state of the economy
- The fight against crime
- The midterm election fight
- The struggle for peace between Russia and Ukraine
- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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Call: 866-957-2874
This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
