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Larry Erickson is the author of the blog Lotus – Surviving a Dark Time, and the presenter of Left Side of the Aisle show, and we discussed this blog post of his in particular.

Virginia Postrel is an author and columnist. She writes for Bloomberg View and we talked about this column of hers. Virginia mentioned this book by Michele Goodwin, and I referenced this study of penalties for collecting children late from childcare.

Jennifer Briney is the presenter of the excellent Congressional Dish podcast. In our discussion, we talked about the STOCK act which concerns transparency for how elected officials vote on issues that affect stocks they hold. She exposed how it was hobbled to prevent easy access by citizens.

Michael Tobis is the author of In It for the Gold, and has a PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Julie Davis is a presenter of the podcast  A Good Story is Hard to Find and the author of the Happy Catholic blog. This is the source for the quote from Sam Harris that I mentioned, and the papal encyclical that Julie referred to is Laudato Si. This is Pascal’s Wager that Julie mentioned, and this is … Continue reading "CO015 Julie Davis on Being a Catholic"

Nathan Damigo is the founder of Identity Evropa, and he and his organisation have widely been accused of racism, which he denies. This is part two of the interview which began last Monday. You can hear part one here.

Rob Morse is the author of Slow Facts and co-host of the Polite Society podcast. I referred to this Swiss study which concluded “The restriction of firearm availability in Switzerland resulting from the Army XXI reform was followed by an enduring decrease in the general suicide rate.” Rob and I disagreed on international crime rates. These rates … Continue reading "CO013 Rob Morse on Guns and Safety"

Rob Lyons is the writer of the blog Panic on a Plate, and he wrote the book of the same name, which is availaible on Amazon. In the interview, we talked about this article in the UK Daily Telegraph which talked about taking ‘Best Before’ dates off some food products such as salt and pasta in the European Union because those products have very … Continue reading "CO012 Rob Lyons on Food Scares"

Nathan Damigo is the founder of Identity Evropa, and he and his organisation have widely been accused of racism, which he denies. The Los Angeles Times reports: In November 2007, [Damigo] had been home for a month after his second tour of duty and was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, drug and alcohol abuse, paranoia and … Continue reading "CO011 Nathan Damigo on White Nationalism – Part 1"

Leslie Loftis blogs at an American Housewife in Texas, and also writes for PJ Media.