Summary: Welcome to the Harvard Lunch Club Political Podcast for January 2, 2017, this is, my god I can’t believe it, our century mark podcast. Yep, podcast number 100! And as grandiose as that is, we have an equally grandiose theme, it’s the Back to Camelot edition of the podcast, brought to you by ZipRecruiter. If your business is giving you headaches because you can’t find the right candidates for the wonderful jobs you have to offer, take a look at ziprecruiter.com.<br> You can find us online at <a href="http://harvardlunchclub.com/">HarvardLunchClub.com</a> and on twitter where our handle is @HLCpodcast; we are also on facebook, look for Harvard Lunch Club Political Podcast. And of course we are here every week on Ricochet – the groovy center right clubhouse for intelligent talk and interesting perspectives.<br> This week, our three topics are “<a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_2016/">Jackie</a>,” the new movie (in theaters now) starring Natalie Portman and directed by Pablo Larrain. Was Jackie’s obsession with sculpting the JFK legacy by stuffing his funeral with fluff and pageantry the ironically appropriate obsession to commemorate a presidency which was (was it not?) characterized more by pageantry than any particular accomplishments? What was Camelot really about, eh?<br> And we’ll talk about the Obama Administration’s last minute stiff arm to Netanyahu and Israel by allowing the UN scolding to become international law (rather than vetoing it as we have done for similar things in the past). So now the Wailing Wall is officially “occupied territory.” What is the UN for, anyway? Is it only for having a bunch of despotic Israel-hating regimes pass endless resolutions only to be vetoed by the US? Is there anything constructive that we can get from it?<br> Finally, gender-neutral baby names – who doesn’t love them? Why saddle your children, before they are ready to make their own choice, with this masculine feminine dichotomy? How gauche! <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3548962/Now-children-young-FOUR-asked-choose-gender-start-school.html">Some enlightened city in England</a> is now asking parents to ask their 4 year olds, before sending them off to school, what gender they identify with? or whether they identify with any gender at all? What could go wrong?<br> We will have, as always, our shower thoughts and, in spite of Todd’s loathing of musicals in general, he makes an exception in the case of Camelot! So listen all the way to the end of the podcast for a fabulous rendition of “Camelot” from a 1978 performance by the one and only Richard Burton.<br> Please drop us a tip at harvardlunchclub.com (it’s right <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=b9yEiUHZP8Hc_l6IXs0Flfo_HGwPENDWL1ub6sXUQ0Cn3s68VdObz6SU9mks4T7tfbITNm">here</a>, it’s only two bucks!) and give us a great review on iTunes (don’t know how to do that? <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/write-itunes-review#sm.000019etcx5mzof5lyasy4mgodtyl">Here is a quick description</a>, complete with screenshots, showing you how).<br> Our sponsor for the week is ZipRecruiter.com:<br> It’s the new year which means a fresh start for your business. And a great year starts with making great hires.<br> <br> But posting your job in one place isn’t enough to find quality candidates. If you want to find the perfect hire, you need to post your job on ALL the top job sites — and now you can.<br> <br> With ZipRecruiter, you can jump-start your hiring in 2017. Post your job to 200 plus job sites, including social media networks like Facebook and Twitter – all with a single click.<br> Find candidates in any city or industry, nationwide. Just post once and watch your qualified candidates roll in to ZipRecruiter‘s easy to use interface.<br> <br> No juggling emails or calls to your office. Quickly screen candidates, rate them, and hire the right person fast.<br> <br>
