The boys turn their attention to recent proposals to make college free.

Is free college a good idea?

No, it's not! First, not everyone should go to college. Second, colleges are mostly left-wing indoctrination centers, not centers of learning.

Free college is stupid enough, but what about proposals to forgive student debt? And if we forgive the debt of people who made wrong decisions and got into a lot of debt, what do we do with the frugal people who paid their way? Do they get paid back?

P&C review Crowhill's Emergency Pale Ale, then discuss how technology has changed life.

There were a couple inflection points. The industrial revolution. The invention of the internal combustion engine. But the internet and the smart phone have changed things dramatically and quickly.

The boys reflect on how life has changed in their own lives. Dating. Parenting. Getting around. Learning about new things. Investigating new hobbies -- like homebrewing.

People propose odd ideas from time to time, and P&C think they haven't thought them all the way through. E.g., proposals to ...

- end red flag laws

- have a nation without borders

- create a non-binary, genderless world

- legalize drugs

- have less policing

- take away guns from law-abiding citizens

- eliminate drive-thrus to stop global warming

- stop the use of fossil fuels

... and wonder if these people spent any time thinking through their ideas.

The boys drink and review Hoffrau's Winter Spezial Dobblebock, then discuss the troubling trend towards equalitarianism.

Egalitarianism tries to flatten out hierarchies and break down social barriers. Equalitarianism takes it a step further and tries to make everyone equal.

To some extent this is the difference between equality of opportunity and equality or outcome.

P&C drink and review D9's Mocha Brown Ale, a slightly sweet, milky, coffee flavored ale.

Then they discuss: Do fathers have a better relationship with their children when they try to be cool? Is "having a good relationship" the right metric? Are parents supposed to be friends?

When a dad is trying to be hip, he compromises his real function, which is to be a steady, reliable standard for the family.

The boys also review lingo from past decades, and how quickly trends and fashions change.

P&C review Bocktimus Prime, from Crooked Crab Brewing, then discuss the design of churches. Should they be ornate and fancy, or plain and simple?

Do simple churches make religion more real? What about 7-11s that are converted into Pentecostal churches?

Does the incarnation change the relationship to art? Should the church building itself project a sense of the sacred? Or, on the other hand, should it all be stripped down to the pure word?

P&C drink and review Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale, then discuss the deep state. Is it real? Is it a problem? Is it a shadow government, operating in place of the government we think actually runs things?

Trump complained of the deep state, and at first, the left denied its existence, but then they embraced it. Now it's hurrah for the resistance! They're going to "rescue the Republic" from Trump.

Does the administrative state take a jaundiced view of these "temporary men in the White house"?

P&C review Honor Brewing's Golden Ale, then discuss common "useful fictions," such as ...

* The frog in the pot will let you boil him if you slowly increase the temperature.

* Electrons orbit a nucleus

* When you touch a bird's egg the mother will abandon it

* The gun is always loaded.

* More than half of us are above average.

* You have free will.

* People make rational decisions in a marketplace.

This is a fun episode that might challenge some of your cherished misconceptions.

The boys review For Pete's Sake, an imperial chocolate peanut butter porter from DuClaw. Then they discuss how everything is upside down in today's culture.

In upside down world, ...

* the guy who makes a move is creepy

* men can be women

* Patriotism is bigotry

* Border control is racism

* “Illegal aliens make America more American”

* Illegal aliens are citizens

* Words are violence

* Kneeling for the anthem is patriotic

* Islam is a religion of peace

The boys drink and review Crowhill's winter warmer home brew, then discuss the strange phenomenon of people who sow the seeds of their own demise.

They discuss some examples, such as ...

* Relying too much on Artificial Intelligence

* Europe allowing in people who don't agree with their values

* FBI undermines its own reputation by deceiving the FISA court

... and much more.