Jonah finds himself alone with the quadrupeds on today’s Ruminant as the Fair Jessica embarks on a grand European adventure. Isolated and caffeine-deprived, he’s in especially indulgent form as he rambles through a handful of interrelated topics. First up on the docket is a Supreme Court case that could scale back American bureaucracy, which prompts an extended discussion of how most of the problems we face in modern society can be attributed to a lack of self-government (whatever that means). Afterward, Jonah touches on the importance of institutions in a hyper-technological world, the dumbness of Republican and Democratic rhetoric around crime, and the improbable link between soup kitchens and Call of Duty chat rooms. Brace yourself for an extra-crotchety ride. 

Show Notes:

- The Morning Dispatch: “SCOTUS Poised to Rein in the Administrative State”

- Philip Hamburger’s Is Administrative Law Unlawful

- Charles Murray’s By the People

- Jonah: “Is the GOP Becoming a Dysfunctional Chatroom?”

- The Remnant with Rob Long

- Tim Miller’s Why We Did It

- Michelle Cottle: “Georgia’s Hot Mess Is Headed Your Way”

- A crime-ridden Dispatch Podcast

- Wednesday’s “news”letter

- The Remnant with criminologist Shawn Bushway

- Subscribe to The Dispatch and watch an exclusive live Remnant with Jonah, Steve Hayes, and Chris Stirewalt

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