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The Political Orphanage

Sep 27, 2024

Kevin Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch, and writer-in-residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He joins to give a thousand-foot view of what our political era will look like in retrospect.


Sep 19, 2024

What if we’re focusing on jobs too much?

Guy Standing is the author of “The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty.”

He joins to discuss laborism, why GDP is a stupid economic indicator, and solutions to the economy’s most vexing problems. 


Sep 13, 2024

What is “woke” exactly? And why is it it irritating? Lawrence Titley joins to make the case that Wokeness is an older historical phenomenon of loudly drawing attention to cognitive dissonance and moral correction.


Sep 4, 2024

What’s the difference between effective, ethical taxes vs. stupid stuff with a bunch of loop holes for rich people? Scott Hodge is President Emeritus & Senior Policy Advisor at the Tax Foundation. He is the author of “Taxocracy: What You Don’t Know Abou Taxes And How They Rule Your Daily Life.” 

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