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Is there a God? Can we believe? Or has science disproven all that? A prevailing assumption in the academy is that your life means no more than that of a jellyfish. Dr. Leonard Sax joins Spencer to explain how that mindset is crippling young adults, and to discuss a new book by Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on the Return of the God Hypothesis. #GodHypothesis #Religion #Science - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Today in manufactured outrages: Ron DeSantis and a Florida bill that would keep gender studies out of elementary school classrooms, disingenuously branded by the Left as the end of gay rights as we know it. But don’t fret, because you can now get a standard-issue government crack pipe to while away the apocalypse. On the flipside, Russia makes moves to accept crypto as a currency. Our editors weigh in. #Florida #Russia #Schools - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

In this edition ofTheStakes, Michael Anton, lecturer in politics and research fellow at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center, and a Claremont senior fellow, is joined by Michael Millerman, founder of the Millerman School.Thetwo discussStrauss' complicated yet rewarding book,Thoughts on Machiavelli. Other topics include: whether and to what extent Machiavelli is a philosopher, how to read Machiavelli's writings effectively, and what wisdom Machiavelli had to offer that is still helpful in our current political climate. #MichaelAnton #MichaelMillerman #Machiavelli - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

This week, truckers in Ottowa took to the streets in protest of Trudeau’s newest vaccine mandates. Trudeau responded by promptly catching COVID himself, and accusing the truckers of every imaginable evil. Meanwhile, stateside, Whoopi Goldberg thinks Jews are just white, which got her suspended by ABC—should we care? Plus: Peachy Keenan joins the show throughout and answers your mailbag questions! #TheHonkening #WhoopiGoldberg #Ottowa - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Without family, religion, and community, what are Americans left with? Arthur Milikh, the executive director of The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, says the answer is a deeply unhappy country. He joins Tucker to explain how we can use our culture and politics to create more fulfilling lives for Americans. For more information on The Center for the American Way of Life visit https://dc.claremont.org/

Jordan Peterson announces his resignation from his tenured academic post, and Justice Breyer’s retirement is leaked. The reverse renaissance in the West accelerates with deadly speed in the arts and sciences marked by the destruction of merit and high art and the celebration of deceitful propaganda. Will the ruthless and world historic Lady MacBeth finally will her way to power? Our editors make their predictions about a possible Breyer-Kamala-Hillary parlay and encourage the creativity of a pirate radio approach in this new world. - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

At the World Economic Forum, led by International Supervillain Klaus Schwab, Moderna has announced its plans to get absolutely everyone vaccinated against everything (or else) with its new omni-jab. While the big pharma CEOs bathe in their piles of cash, Biden is trying, poorly, to brag about his supposed “accomplishments”--all while skirting foreign policy issues like Russia’s moves to annex Ukraine. Our editors have thoughts. #Moderna #ForeignPolicy #Biden - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Project Veritas has released documents suggesting that COVID-19 is the product of U.S. taxpayer funds through EcoHealth Alliance. If true, this would confirm what the editors have been thinking out loud on The Roundtable for months. Realizing that now is the time to pivot away from COVID hysteria, the regime now faces the monumental task of talking down the very people it spent three years traumatizing. Plus: President Biden’s voting rights demagoguery is both amusing and horrifying at once—is there a quantum pill to be had? #COVID #Bureaucracy #ProjectVeritas - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Dr. James Poulos, Executive Editor of the American Mind, explains how we can preserve our human identity online during his testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Read Dr. Poulos' full testimony here: https://americanmind.org/memo/disrupting-dangerous-algorithms/ - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - - #JamesPoulos #Algorithims

Mark Helprin, novelist and senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, joins Spencer to discuss America’s—and the West’s—apparent death wish. By making us as vulnerable as possible abroad, while simultaneously mimicking the authoritarianism of our supposed enemies at home, our leaders are flirting with disaster. What will come next—and is there any hope for the future? #Authoritarianism #WesternDecline #ForeignPolicy - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

New year, same old headlines. Legacy media figures, desperate for ratings, haven’t stopped talking about January 6 since it happened. But the polls are damning for the media’s narrative. Democrats, quietly aware of the president’s unpopularity, are flailing about for alternative options. Plus: progressive men are getting vasectomies for an amusing reason. #January6 #Polls #Biden - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

It’s the end of a long and frankly, a surreal year. After one hundred episodes of the Round Table, our editors look back on a cascade of demoralizing events and articles to ask: is there cause for optimism? Through all the inflation, the gender madness, and the school board wars, one theme emerges--the ruling class wants you feeling hopeless. But you’re not: the editors look ahead to a future of based local action in pursuit of virtue. #Inflation #Soul #RulingClass - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

America’s economy continues to crumble, but don’t worry! the ruling class is here to fix everything by spending trillions of dollars we don’t have. Inflation is only the newest symptom of their long train of abuses. COVID politics roll endlessly on as the US fights its cold civil war online and off. #Inflation #CivilWar #Digital - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Dr. James Poulos, the Executive Editor of the American Mind at the Claremont Institute, delivers his testimony before the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband during a hearing on “Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology.” Read Dr. Poulos' testimony in full here: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B38CCF21-4A40-4C56-BD40-79ED720B9F01 #JamesPoulos #Algorithms #AmericanMind - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

California is making noise about becoming a “sanctuary state” for abortions. Everything that hurts Democrats is “voter suppression.” And Ron DeSantis wants 200 people to help him with vaccinations and natural disasters, which is insurrection or tyranny or something. Our editors spend some time in bizarro world parsing the woke lies. #VoterSuppression #Abortion #FloridaStateGuard - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Populist and nationalist Éric Zemmour has announced his candidacy for president of France with a stirring anti-woke speech reminiscent of Charles de Gaulle’s speech from exile in WWII. Meanwhile, on the home front, Fauci has declared that he is the science. Plus: a murder in Beverly Hills shows the alarming deterioration of law and order in blue states. Our editors examine the battles over wokeness on two continents. #France #Fauci #BeverlyHills - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

The editors open the show with a look at Thanksgiving proclamation excerpts by several presidents, from George Washington to Obama. This provokes meditations on fatherhood, God, and the meaning of gratitude. Then: Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges, but dozens are injured and several are dead in a terror attack in Waukesha. Our editors analyze the situation. #Thanksgiving #Fatherhood #God - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Scott Yenor, a Washington Fellow at The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, explains the importance of family during his address at the second National Conservatism Conference. Visit https://nationalconservatism.org/ for more information. - - - - Learn More Center for the American Way of Life: https://dc.claremont.org/ Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Fromexploitingthe DOJandFBI, to vaccine mandates, the federal government seeks to exert ever-tighter control over your life.Meanwhile, congressmen are either asleep at the wheel or cheering it on. But are the courts even a viable option to slow the spread? Our editors discuss three under-appreciated news stories and the state of our three branches of government. #DOJ #FBI #SupremeCourt - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

The Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way of Life, in conjunction with American Moment, hosts James Poulos, Executive Editor of The American Mind, for a discussion of his new book "Human, Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War." In a scorching, searching guide to saving our souls from the digital apocalypse, James Poulos shows how the swarm of programs and devices unleashed by our leaders has transformed our lives and defied our dreams, throwing the future into terrifying doubt. Rising above the din of the discourse, he reveals how the first generation of the digital age can retake control of our technology by restoring our full humanity—and how their parents must save them from the new cyborg system bent on ensuring they never come of age. #HumanForever #JamesPoulos #ClaremontInstitute - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Kyle Rittenhouse has testified in his own defense at the trial which will determine his future after he stood up against rioters in Kenosha, WI. The editors discuss Kyle’s remarkable composure in the face of a ruling class mob that is howling for his imprisonment. Ryan and Matt also give a brief recap of NatCon2. Plus: is there any parallel between today’s events and Dune? #KyleRittenhouse #RittenhouseTrial #ClaremontInstitute - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

The Claremont Institute is proud to welcome Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, keynote speaker and recipient of the 2021 Statesmanship Award. These are Gov. DeSantis’s remarks, along with those of other notable speakers including Claremont President Ryan Williams, Michael Knowles, and Christopher Bedford. #RonDeSantis #ClaremontInstitute #StatesmanshipAward Check out the full transcript of Governor DeSantis' speech: https://americanmind.org/salvo/opposing-tyranny - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Republicans Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Sears, and Jason Miyares have turned Virginia red, and everyone is closely scrutinizing what this might signal for other elections in 2022 and 2024. Or at least, sensible people are scrutinizing it, while the Left screeches absurdly about racism and refuses to even consider introspection. Our editors consider what conservatives could do to capitalize on this initial victory. #Virginia #Elections #ClaremontInstitute - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Dr. William Voegeli, senior editor of the Claremont Review of Books, joins Spencer to analyze the Left’s increasingly dangerous relationship with crime. Urban Democrats have embraced a counterintuitive policy preference, enabling astonishingly high crime rates rather than working to reduce them. At the heart of it all is an urgent need to explain away violent crime as a cry for help from the perpetrators, rather than an offense against justice in need of redress. #Crime #PublicPolicy #Democrats - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -

Since people don’t really believe left-wing “fact checking” sites in the age of petty tyranny, a few billionaires had a truly innovative idea: just make another one. But this time, it’ll be bigger and better. Meanwhile, the CDC continues to expand vaccine dose and booster recommendations, all while hinting that they will soon change what constitutes “fully vaccinated”. Our editors put everything into context. #Claremont #Booster #Billionaires - - - - Learn More Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org/ Claremont Review of Books: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The American Mind: https://americanmind.org/ Follow Us Claremont Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremontinst The American Mind Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanmind_us Claremont Institute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claremontins The American Mind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMind.org/ - - - -