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The Townhall Review is a one-stop-shop for relevant news and intelligent analysis from the leading talk show hosts in the nation: Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager, Mike Gallagher, Sebastian Gorka, and Charlie Kirk.
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Albert Mohler: Putin Looks at an End Game on Ukraine
Yesterday00:01:00Tap to summarizeWith the background of Russia's invasion and ongoing war against Ukraine, recently this astounding headline from the BBC: “Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict coming to an end.” Now for perspective: Just consider last weekend's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow. It commemorates the end of World War II What's notable this year is not what happened, but what didn't happen. Russia couldn't afford to hold the parade as usual because Ukraine, as it turns out, has been so ingenious and so aggressive with its use of drones that Putin couldn't afford to hold that kind of military parade in Moscow. It would've been one giant magnet for a massive undertaking and attack by Ukraine. This is a game changer. Russia has now lost 350,000 men. If you're a strong man, an autocrat in this kind of system, you have to appear strong and invincible. You can't be a political strongman and a leader that gets into this kind of quagmire. Putin is running out of time. Russians know it and Vladimir Putin knows it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ed Morrissey: Decision Points and Dire Straits
2d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeDonald Trump finally got his response from Iran. Will he act on it? Last week, Trump had sent a 14-point framework to mediators in Islamabad for reaching a peace accord with Iran. Trump insisted that the IRGC surrender its highly enriched uranium, agree to verifiably end its pursuit of nuclear weapons, and stop attacking international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran demanded that the US recognize the strait as Iranian sovereign territory and pay war reparations. Trump responded by calling the IRGC’s terms as “stupid” and “totally unacceptable.” Yet Trump also insisted that a deal could be reached with the regime. That is an unfortunate illusion—something Trump maintains despite all evidence to the contrary. Iran violated its terms almost immediately in the Strait and Iran continues to threaten the strait. The ceasefire is dead. Trump has to either follow through on consequences or cut bait and walk away with Iran’s regime nearly as dangerous as ever. The decision point has arrived.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Albert Mohler: Towards Moral Sanity
3d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeThe Trump administration has launched an investigation into Smith College—one of the seven historical all-women colleges in the American Northeast. Why the investigation? Well, Smith College is and has been since 2015—admitting biological males. The “seven sisters” have been granted an exemption, going all the way back to the 1970’s to Title IX legislation. They were allowed to be restrictive as women’s colleges. The Trump administration’s basically saying you can’t have it both ways—that is: claim this historic exemption or you can admit biological males. President Trump made the point very clear point in his second inaugural address: He said: “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female.” I will argue that was one of the most important and courageous statements a President of the United States has made in recent years. To his credit, he’s been pushing this through. It’s a necessary step towards the restoration of cultural sanity and for that clarity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hugh Hewitt: Trump Has the Leverage
4d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeSince the battle with Iran began on February 28, there’ve been so many reports of “deals” with the rump regime atop the ruins of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it seems almost silly to respond to another one. But I trust Israeli journalist Amit Segal. On Wednesday, Segal summed up the supposed framework. The most salient part is said to include—and I quote: “Negotiations are still underway on the duration of the uranium enrichment freeze. Three sources said the freeze would last at least 12 years, and one source estimated the final outcome would be 15 years.” That—in and of itself— makes this a terrible proposed “deal,” one that would draw fierce criticism from the GOP’s Iran hawks who want President Trump to “finish the job”, no enrichment of uranium period and finish the job in dramatic fashion. President Trump doesn’t surrender leverage. He’s got it. We have to hope he uses every ounce of it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seth Leibsohn: Ignorance and the Challenge of the 21st Century Citizen
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeTalking politics with your average young male these days, chances are you will hear all kinds of odd theories coming from the Pied Pipers of Podcastistan. You will hear them mentioning “experts” nobody heard of until about 10 minutes ago or until they were discovered by these podcasters because of their contrary, and often, conspiratorial thinking. Young men, especially, are attracted to this novel “wisdom,” and they are so prone because, as they will tell you, mainstream institutions have been untruthful over the years. But because some institutions that we used to rely on and respect have been taken over by partisanship and been wrong doesn’t mean that all normative thinking and scholarship is a lie or cannot be trusted, or that people nobody have ever heard of are the replacements of true wisdom. We dismiss and ignore this fallacious thinking at our collective peril. The task of the serious is to be able to discern truth from fiction and greatness from mediocrity. In these critical times, that task has never been more important than now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hugh Hewitt: 'Extremist Makeover' in Maine
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeToday’s Democrats seem to be trying a new take on the “Extreme Makeover” reality show. Their offshoot: I’d call it “Extremist Makeover.” And we see it in their likely candidate for Senate in Maine. It looks pretty close to certain Democrats be nominating oysterman Graham Platner in the Pinetree state. He is not a "liberal." Platner is not even a "leftist." He’s an extremist. For years, he had a tattoo of a death head worn proudly by the Nazi era SS, Hitler’s worst of the worst. It was—and remains—a vile symbol worn by guards at the concentration-extermination camps. Maine’s current and—I trust—future Senator is Susan Collins. Collins and Platner could not be more different. It’s rare to have a Susan Collins represent your state from a position of power and influence do so with class and humility. To trade that in for a death’s skull and online bigotry It doesn’t seem like a bet Mainers are going to make.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Carol Platt Liebau: Towards a Happier, More Fulfilling Life
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeIt’s an age-old question: God or Mammon? What leads to a happier, more fulfilling life — religion, or money? Now, it seems we have an answer. According to the General Social Survey, church attendance predicts happiness more strongly than wealth does. In fact, poor Americans who attend church regularly are happier than wealthy Americans who never attend at all. Prominent behavioral scientist William von Hippel has observed, “Money buys a fair bit of happiness, but connection gives you more bang for the buck.” He’s right. But let’s be clear about what “connection” really means. It matters to connect with friends and neighbors — and church offers the opportunity to do that every week, and often more. But more important still is our connection to God: our Father, our Creator, and the source of every good and lasting bond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hugh Hewitt: GOP Better Not Go Wobbly on Iran
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeMany predictions about the midterm elections in the United States are dire for the GOP: a wipeout in the House, perhaps losing the Senate majority as well. The GOP could weather the electoral storm that almost always chastens the party of a president finishing his sixth year in office. But they got to do stuff. To do that weathering: Every candidate in every partisan race has to make the case, which is easy to make: The Islamic Republic of Iran is an evil regime that cannot have nukes. It seems certain that President Trump is not going “to go wobbly” in the battle with Iran. Similarly: The GOP better not go wobbly either. Americans have lost the muscle memory of victory. It will quickly regain an appreciation for resolve once the conflict is over. GOP candidates must loudly and persuasively argue that the battle with Iran was long past due and is well worth winning. There is no winning for the GOP in November without demanding and defending victory in this battle with Iran.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Carol Platt Liebau: Towards a Race-Blind, Color-Blind Constitution
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeWith its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court took the United States one step closer to the race-blind, color-blind equal opportunity society envisioned by our Constitution. The ruling shifts voting rights law from judging maps by racial outcomes, toward a simpler question: whether lawmakers intentionally discriminated. This is as it should be. Today, there are a record 58 minority members of Congress. Most were elected from plurality white districts. America twice elected an African American president. These aren’t the marks of a nation closed to candidates of color. Ending racial gerrymandering encourages leaders to focus on ideas and results rather than skin color. By rejecting racial line-drawing, the Supreme Court affirmed a vital truth: In twenty-first century America, skin color isn’t what defines us. Our convictions — and our character — do.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hugh Hewitt: Learning the Lessons From the Would-Be Killers
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeIn the wake of the third assassination attempt on President Trump in a period of less than two years, the President correctly concluded: “He was probably a pretty sick guy.” That came from his interview Sunday night on “60 Minutes.” In looking for a cause the president pointed to the changes we’ve all been living through: “The internet, maybe more than anything else, has radicalized some people. It’s made them mentally sick,” President Trump said. He’s right, of course. But how, more specifically, does that happen? The tempting, all-purpose answer for busy people is simply to do what the president did: point at the internet. But: What dots have never been connected about factors in the upbringing of the actors that tip them, the unbalanced, into the land of the "statement" would be killers or killer? For the good of the nation, we need quality research to fill that very specific gap.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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