Paul Jacob looks at the reality of modern politics, and what people think of our major institutions. But it could be worse: people could accept that reality as the best possible, as even good itself. Increasingly, this is not the case. Which is the opposite of sad!
The world is getting weirder, and those who love liberty seem less weird every day — but some are very wrong about democracy.
Paul Jacob talks about the big issues of our time, with some perspective beyond just the headlines. But we’ve got headlines: do not worry. At least five of them.
Paul Jacob looks at the world under threat of totalitarianism, while America “fights its own shadow”:
Paul defends Taiwan. Won’t you?
Paul Jacob defends anonymous political speech in this episode of the podcast; the video edition: