https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBmk_90W5gA Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo sit down with John McWhorter, author of Woke Racism, about his new book. Recorded December 1, 2021. Photo by Victor on Unsplash
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The prominent conservative intellectual Jonah Goldberg went out of his way recently to set the record straight: he’s definitely no fan of Ayn Rand. This was prompted by questions he received after an episode of FX’s drama Impeachment depicted his apartment as including a poster of the cover of Atlas Shrugged. What are Goldberg’s reasons? … Continue reading What Jonah Goldberg’s Rejection of Ayn Rand Reveals
“White supremacy” defines our society. Our nation’s founding was actually in 1619 with the coming of the first ship carrying African slaves. If you’re “white,” check your “privilege.” The sheer fact of disparate outcomes in schools is obvious proof of racism. To deny that you’re complicit in racism only proves that you are. Such ideas … Continue reading The New Religion of “Woke”
Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the claims put forward by "whistleblower" Frances Haugen about Facebook. Recorded October 27, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmxENVYFK7Y Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss GOP moves to regulate big tech and interfere with private business employment decisions. Recorded October 20, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0fH7k5vrI Photo by Kaffeebart on Unsplash
A special joint episode of New Ideal Live and the Yaron Brook Show on the twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001. Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo join Yaron Brook for an in-depth discussion of key events and turning points since 9/11, and a retrospective on ARI’s philosophic analysis of U.S. policy -- a perspective that … Continue reading The Real Meaning of 9/11
Twenty years have passed since jihadists carried out attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., killing almost 3,000 Americans. That fateful Tuesday in September marked an inflection point for the United States, which responded with military operations in Afghanistan and later Iraq. Nearly a generation later, American combat forces are set to withdraw from both … Continue reading ARI’s Uncompromising Voice for Reason Since 9/11
If you leave meat uncovered on the street and a cat eats it, whose fault is it? The problem is not the cat, but the uncovered meat. Growing up, Ayaan Hirsi Ali heard this kind of attitude from her grandmother in Somalia. It’s a loathsome attitude widespread in societies defined by Islamic culture: if only … Continue reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Migration, Islam and Women as Prey
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