Election 2024
Lesson 1: Crime & Gun Control
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Monday, August 19, 2024

Election season is in full swing and the biggest issues facing our country are front and center. In this new series we cut through the politics to examine five critical issues through the lens of Torah wisdom. 

In our first lesson, “To Bear or Not To Bear,” we address one of the perennial big issues: the gun debate. We look at the constitutional debate and the impactful 2008 Supreme Court ruling, and explore what Judaism has to say about it. Should the law favor greater freedom or greater restrictions on guns? Discover a powerful Jewish approach.

Election 2024 - Lesson 1 - Crime & Gun Control | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Election 2024
Lesson 5: The Economy
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Monday, September 23, 2024

Election season is in full swing and the biggest issues facing our country are front and center. In this new series we cut through the politics to examine five critical issues through the lens of Torah wisdom.

Polls show that the #1 issue for Americans in this election cycle is the economy. Apparently, we care a lot about our bottom line. 

But when it comes to strengthening the economy, there are so many different approaches. One approach is to lower taxes and the cost of everyday goods, so as to put more money in the hands of working Americans. Another approach is to reduce taxes on businesses, so as to stimulate jobs creation. A third approach is to tariff foreign imports, so as to encourage domestic production and build the US workforce. And there are many other approaches.

In Lesson Five of Election 2024 we explore the topic of the economy from a unique and refreshing Jewish perspective. We analyze the biblical economic model to discover Torah's approach to taxation and building a thriving economy. 

Election 2024 - Lesson 5: The Economy | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Albany's Tulip Festival draws tens of thousands to see the tulips, enjoy music and food, and check out the arts and crafts. It is also an opportunity for various advocacy groups to educate the public about their causes. We hear from Canyon Ryan of United Tenants of Albany discuss the push for rent control; Jane Fanning of the Guilderland Chapter of March for our Lives talk about the need for gun control; and Riley Hart of United NY about the need for political reform. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Voices from Albany's Tulip Festival on Tenants, Gun Violence, Political Reform

New York Riddled by the Evil Actions of a Deranged Shooter.  Where's Mamdani?
We analyze the real reason why shootings like this take place.

The Federalist Pages 269 07292025: New York Riddled by the Evil Actions of a Deranged Shooter.  Where's Mamdani?

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by special guest Reem Ibrahim, head of media for the Institute of Economic Affairs. They begin with Jim Acosta's AI-generated interview featuring a deceased child urging gun control, using it as a springboard to discuss nationwide declines in violent crime and the political tendency to focus on banning specific tools. The conversation then shifts to the White House's decision to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and the dangerous precedent this could set for using federal forces to address local crime.

The panel then turns to President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss Ukraine, weighing whether it could lead to peace or embolden authoritarian demands, as well as the role of European nations. From there, they examine the decision by Texas Democrats to flee the state amid redistricting battles and the FBI's efforts to locate them. A listener question from the United Kingdom prompts a conversation about free speech restrictions and the growing use of psychological studies to justify censorship, leading into a discussion of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's (FIRE) lawsuit against the Trump administration over immigrant First Amendment rights.

0:00—Media exploitation of children for gun control

11:02—National Guard deployed to D.C. amid falling crime rates

15:02—Trump meeting with Putin in Alaska

25:51—Texas Democrats flee state over GOP redistricting map

35:35—Listener question on free speech rights in the U.K.

47:00—FIRE lawsuit against Trump administration over protected speech

54:55—Weekly cultural recommendations

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Lower Crime Hasn't Stopped Gun Control Push

A more somber episode. Today we chat about the shooting at the Mpls Catholic school, guns stats, protecting schools, Mayor Frye's comments and a whole slew of other things. 

LAW 2.0 - The Mike Daniel and Nick episode

Recent news proves what we've always known about Donald Trump. When he tells you that he's protecting the Second Amendment, he's lying.

When Trump tells you he's protecting the Second Amendment, he's lying - 090925

c4 (Gun Control) WIP

In this episode of The Reason Interview, Nick Gillespie is joined by Senior Editor Jacob Sullum, author of the new book Beyond Control, to discuss the evolution of gun and drug laws in America. They examine how decades of prohibitionist policies have backfired, undermining liberty and justice without delivering safety.

This was originally recorded live on September 4, 2025.

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Why Banning Drugs and Guns Never Works

Which sexy Halloween outfits is it okay for Christians to wear to celebrate the holiday? Will Charlie Kirk return in time to eat brains and candy corn?

Halloween in the bathroom

This is the opening minute from a speech Barack Obama delivered on Feb. 15, 2013 at Hyde Park High School in Chicago. This was shortly after Hadiya Pendleton died from a gang shooting at a park near Obama’s Hyde Park home.

Barack Obama Gun Control Speech (2013)

This is the opening minute from a speech Barack Obama delivered on Feb. 15, 2013 at Hyde Park High School in Chicago. This was shortly after Hadiya Pendleton died from a gang shooting at a park near Obama’s Hyde Park home. 

Barack Obama gun control speech 2013

Obama Gun Control Speech (2013)

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