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Listen: Don’t Ask Me! (About the Royals)

Paul’s conclusion to this weekend’s Common Sense wrap-​up of the week is at once humble and outrageous.

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Listen: Cui bono?

Paul Jacob explains the ultimate political context. It’s an asymmetry. Our interests are not politicians’ interests. What works for us doesn’t work for them. So, when the whole system seems broken, we’ve got a clue: Cui bono!

This Week in Common Sense for August 29 – September 2, 2022.
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Listen: The Only Thing Sadder

What’s worse than the low opinion Americans have for their major institutions? Paul Jacob tells you in this weekend’s episode of This Week in Common Sense:

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Listen: Freedom of Speech Everywhere?

The right to speak freely is under attack everywhere — and needs to be defended here as well as elsewhere:

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Listen: What Is Representative Government Good For?

Paul Jacob contemplates the width of the oceans, the depths of political perfidy, and the wisdom of philosopher Herbert Spencer.

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Listen: We’ve Been Warned

Paul Jacob on the west in general and Americans in particular needing to get their act together — and not just to face the Chinazi threat.