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Journalist Jacob Hamburger re-examines Allan Bloom's writing 30 years after The Closing of the American Mind - as campus politics and elitism are re-contested in American culture, conservatives and centrists alike are returning to Bloom's reactionary arguments in their attacks on today's left.

Jacob wrote the article "The Closing of the American Mind" for The Point magazine.

Elitism, campus politics and the ghost of Allan Bloom.

En librairie le 19 septembre.
Dans ce grand livre posthume, le projet d'Allan Bloom est de retrouver la complexité, les triomphes et les échecs – bref, la vérité – du lien humain, amoureux et amical, à travers une exploration ample et libre des grandes œuvres de notre culture.

Allan Bloom - L'Amour et l'Amitié

In this episode Joe analyzes the book "Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky. It is this specific work that the left uses as their playbook to create chaos and social struggle. Joe reveals all thirteen rules and then provides a counterattack to their strategy. He ends with a deep thought.

Episode 6 - Rules For Radicals

Gary and Michael discuss the leaked documents from the Socialist Party; Ivana Bacik's new gender pay bill as an answer in search of a question; Aodhan O'Riordain's immense dedication to prolonging the homelessness crisis; the Irish Times editorial in support of Emmanuel Macron's 'appeal'; the new environmental children's crusade; and the unpersoning of Tommy Robinson and what it tells us of the ability of social media companies to remove someone from public life.

61 - Amazon will sell you anything short of a signed copy of Mein Kampf

After months, if not years, of inactivity and nonsense Brexit is coming to a head, with big plans at play from the Johnson administration. Gary and Michael go through what's happening, the options left open to Remainders inside and outside parliament, and the differences between the May and Johnson administration so far.

They also discuss the German state elections which look set to massively benefit AfD, and the impact of green policies upon the poor.

TRSI 05 - What the bloody hell is happening with Brexit? An explainer

Following the release of a highly violent criminal Gary asks if society should bring back the death penalty, and do some people just need killing?

Head Of A Wolf

Gary discusses the idea that shaming someone is a negative thing, and argues that shame is actually a core part of a functioning society and, if anything, we should be shaming people more.

We should be shaming people more

Simon Harris says the Children's Hospital will be finished on time, has apparently forgotten it's years behind schedule  0:00

RTE continues to lose money due to its own ineptitude - 10:35

John Bolton gone from the Trump administration 17:30

The Women's Council of Ireland and their idea to destroy the pension system 22:43

The National Women’s Council is the Holy Roman Empire of NGOs

We discuss:

A New government crackdown on alcohol -1:50

TD Noel Grealish’s comments on Syrian and African asylum seekers – 09:10

The new RedC poll, trends and likely government – 27:45

The Ontarian government shows us that the government can actually lose money selling drugs – 45:15

Can a comment be racist and true at the same time?

Gary and Michael discuss a Guardian editorial which referred to the death of ex-British PM David Cameron’s son as having caused Cameron ‘privileged pain’, and the news that New York is removing their ban on conversion therapy, which is a form of therapy that aims to change the sexual orientation of a person.

You can’t really suffer if you’re rich or white

Gary and Michael discuss Boris in Luxembourg, a place that is only a country due to legal necessity; the newest thing Atheist Ireland have found to complain about; the New York Times latest attempt to bring down Brett Kavanaugh and how it has blown up in their face, and then Gary and Michael pointlessly bicker about Italian versus British suits and shoes.

 

01:09 – Atheist Ireland

13:47 – Boris abroad

30:15 – Brett Kavanaugh

Atheist Ireland are occasionally right, often whiny

Gary and Michael discuss Justin Trudeau’s newfound fashion choices, the demand of the children’s crusade Greta is leading, the concept of eco-anxiety, and a new political poll.

You’ll end up eating your children like some kind of environmentally minded Cronus.

Gary and Michael discuss Ryan Tubridy and his comments about Greta Thunberg; the Democrats finally move to impeach Trump; and the newest attempt to regulate transgender athletes in professional sports.

 

Tubridy & Greta – Start

Trump Impeachment investigation – 17:50

IOC guidelines – 40:00

In which Gary says the first nice thing he’s ever said about Ryan Tubridy

Gary and Michael discuss Fine Gael’s plan to make it more expensive to buy or build a house; call to ban vaping despite the fact it saves lives; Revenue’s new war on companies; and how Jeremy Corbyn wants an income tax rate lower than the one Fine Gael currently forces us to pay.

We could elect a British communist and pay less income tax than under Leo

The Right Side looks at Irish politics, news and culture from a Conservative and Libertarian perspective.

The show uploads Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at 1pm GMT.

61 - Amazon will sell you anything short of a signed copy of Mein Kampf

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