Today, before taping The Huckabee Show, near Nashville, I visited The Hermitage, the country home of our seventh president, Andrew Jackson.
I was impressed by its austerity — though it also had somewhat pretentious Greek flourishes, which I found interesting for America’s first “populist” president.
Jackson, once a hero to Democrats, has become more controversial in recent years, such that the party dropped him from its pantheon of heroes (and Trump put his portrait in the Oval Office).
But whatever you think of Jackson as president, what I found most impresssive was his love for his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson. She lived to see him elected, but died before he was inaugurated.
Jackson never overcame her loss. He wore a black band of mourning on his hat for the rest of his life, and never courted or married again. The epitaph on her grave, next to his in the family garden, is the most beautiful I have ever read.
I think that’s what makes a populist a populist — not a hatred of elites or a flair for incendiary rhetoric, but a deep capacity for love, starting with those closest to you, and then your community, and your country, all before the world in general.
Today's episode is devoted to the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. It was produced before the announcement of a ceasefire deal, yet remains current & relevant.
Please listen, and #bringthemhome.
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This week's portion is a beautiful poem, containing the Covenant between God and the people of Israel. But given the breaking news that Hamas may actually have agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages, I will devote my remarks to that.
One hopes it is true; if so, it makes this week's additional reading, from II Samuel 22, even more relevant: David's song of praise to the Lord for delivering him from the hand of his enemies.
"18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support."
So much to focus on this week -- and much breaking news. A peace deal in the Middle East, perhaps? Eric Adams dropping out of the mayor's race? And a looming shutdown as Democrats push their demands beyond absurdity.
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on the shutdown
- John Carney - Breitbart News financial editor, on the upcoming jobs report
- Jerome Hudson - Breitbart News entertainment editor, on the Kimmel fallout
- Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on the UN and Gaza talks
- Matisyahu - award-winning reggae artist, on his new album, "Ancient Child"
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