In Episode #40 of Both Sides, Mike asks Allan to explain a recent blog post that highlighted Senator Mitch McConnell's closing remarks at the Senate Impeachment Hearing of Former President Donald J. Trump. The two offer thoughts on the hearing as a whole, then discuss a recent op-ed written by journalist Ezra Klein entitled 'California is making Liberals Squirm: If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else?' published originally in the New York Times on February 11th, 2021.