Commentary Magazine Podcast

Rising COVID case rates have still not yet manifested in overwhelming hospitalization rates or even rising mortality figures. Donald Trump continues to fail to represent the interests of Americans who fear and resent lawlessness in American cities. And the social justice movement comes for classical music and the meritocracy that elevates the deserving to positions of prominence. The question looms large: How much is enough?

In American cities, the incentives for reopening appear to conflict with the interests of privileged Democratic constituencies. Guess which side of this conflict elected officials are siding with? Also, the subtle bigotry of anti-racism theories like Intersectionality.

As the president’s poll numbers continue to decline, Donald Trump’s campaign has replaced its campaign manager. But the campaign has been far more focused on making the case against the president’s opponent than the president himself. Also, has the public’s anxiety over a new surge of COVID cases outpaced the rate of new infections?

New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss has resigned her post and, in so doing, indicted the entire enterprise of modern journalism and its woke arbiters. The podcast on that and the epistemological crisis afflicting the left.

Why is the press still covering for Andrew Cuomo’s disastrous COVID-19 response? And why is the White House going to war against its own public health advisor, Dr. Anthony Facui? The answer may be the cults of personality surrounding them both.

Donald Trump’s Friday night commutation of his associate, Roger Stone, further reinforces the public’s apprehension about his presidency. Parsing the statistics that contribute to the impression that the country is in the grip of a new surge of COVID-19 cases. And Peter Beinart’s attack on Israel even as the Jewish State is again saving the world from the prospect of a rogue nuclear power in the Middle East.

Today's podcast features COMMENTARY columnist Matthew Continetti, who joins us to talk in part about his piece, "The Winds of Woke." Do the Democrats have a civil war ahead of them if they win the presidency in November? And what have we learned about leadership from the past few months? Give a listen. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on here, iTunes, or Stitcher.

On today's podcast, Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson joins us to discuss the possible fallout from the Supreme Court's ruling on Donald Trump's financial records. We also weigh in on the fight over reopening schools, Trump's missed opportunities, and the sorry state of mainstream journalism.

Today's podcast takes up the attack on a letter published by Harper's featuring dozens of prominent liberals and leftists defending free expression—ah, the irony! Also, the Cook Political Report all but declares Trump's reelection effort doomed, and whether schooling in the fall is doomed. Give a listen. And, don't forget to subscribe here, on iTunes, or Stitcher.

Today's podcast takes up the fact (as detailed in a chart made by David Bahnsen for his indispensable website Covid and Markets) that deaths and ICU admissions in this supposed dangerous new wave of Covid cases simply don't track with the crisis numbers of a few months ago—something undiscussed in the press. Also, why spend on college when there's no college? Give a listen. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on here, iTunes, or Stitcher.

Today's podcast goes into the mystifying coverage of the Coronavirus—mystifying because the public is being misled about the fact that the virus's deadliness is (at the moment) on the wane, not on the rise. And we discuss the wild misrepresentation of Donald Trump's speeches this weekend. Could it be that both share the same root: A desire to deliver the knockout blow against Trump now that he's reeling and on the ropes? Plus crime goes crazy in cities and the craze to cancel "Hamilton." Give a listen.

We begin with an effort to sort through the conflicting data and partisan clamor that is guiding policymakers toward potentially ill-considered but extremely important decisions about their respective lockdowns. We end with an impassioned attack on the forces of revisionism, which have gone to war to destroy the idea of American goodness.

The rise of new COVID-19 infections around the country has led states to roll back their plans for reopening, which has left the hosts of the COMMENTARY podcast depressed. Also, as Trump’s political position deteriorates, how will the GOP approach populism in the post-Trump era?

The president faces a growing scandal around his response to the allegation that Russia offered bounties to Taliban insurgents for the killing of U.S. troops. But how sound is that intelligence and why do we know about it? Also, Joe Biden skates without any scrutiny of his rapidly self-radicalizing political coalition, but how long can he get away with it? Will the revolution dissolve if he wins in November?

Contrary to popular pronouncements, it does seem as though the national protests around the killing of George Floyd contributed to the rise of COVID-19 infections. The allegation that Russia has been bankrolling the killing of U.S. service personnel in Afghanistan. Also, the national spasm of madness—from the president on down—continues unabated.