Co-host of TAC's "Empire Has No Clothes" podcast, Curt Mills, crosses over to TAC Right Now this week, joining Emile, Helen, and Micah to discuss Kamala Harris's rough start as vice president and sagging poll numbers. Plus, Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is running for office again, and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt stays the execution of Julius Jones after a high-profile, star-studded, bipartisan PR campaign.   Picks of the week:

• Helen: A Nation of Online Gamblers, Matthew Walther
• Micah: The Wheel of Empires, Helen Andrews
• Curt: Each Generation Needs A New Invitation, Kevin Frazier
• Emile: Our Military Brass Has Learned Nothing, Bradley Devlin

Helen, Sohrab, and Micah talk about the trial in Wisconsin. Then, General Electric announces it's breaking up into three separate companies, marking the end of the line for the great American conglomerate that represented the best and worst of American capitalism.   Picks of the week:

• Helen: "Merchants of Death," Hunter DeRensis
• Micah: "I Survived (Because of) Bible Belt Religion," Brandon Meeks
• Sohrab: "The Covid War Is a Class War," Bradley Devlin

Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab discuss the victory of Glenn Youngkin over Terry McAullife in Virginia's gubernatorial election. Plus, fresh back from Orlando, the team talk about what they're taking away from the National Conservatism Conference 2021. 

Picks of the week:

• Helen: Italy’s Green Pass Demonstrations Shake Europe, Giovanni Giacalone
• Micah: The Bush Family Affair With China, John Meroney
• Sohrab: After the Liberalism Debates, Sohrab Ahmari; and, Itegralism Redux, Rod Dreher
• Emile: Becoming Conservative Maximalists, Carmel Richardson

A special episode of TAC Right Now this week, as Emile sits down with Rod Dreher and Sohrab Ahmari to unpack where the American Right goes from here. The recent New York Times piece "How the American Right Fell in Love with Hungary," sparked varied reactions among the broad "postliberal" Right. Both Rod and Sohrab agree that liberalism has come to a dead end--and that Viktor Orban's government in Hungary offers an interesting alternative--but differ on what might come next in an American context.    In this episode: 

• How the Right Fell in Love with Hungary, Elizabeth Zerofsky, New York Times
• Against the Dead Consensus, First Things

Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab discuss the death of Colin Powell, and the former Secretary of State's legacy of selling the Iraq war. Plus, the hosts unpack the ongoing supply chain crisis, and the "glass ceiling" broken by the appointment of Rachel Levine as a four-star admiral.   Picks of the week:   Helen: Abimael Guzmán, 1934-2021, Edward Luttwak Micah: The Woke Profession of Faith at American Universities, Ben Reinhard Sohrab: We Are Not Pencils, Declan Leary Emile: Colin Powell, RIP, Andrew Bacevich

Emile, Helen, and Micah discuss the bombshell report that Loudoun County Public Schools covered up a sexual assault by a "gender nonconforming" boy in a girls' bathroom earlier this year--and transferred him to a nearby school, where he committed another assault. Plus, Southwest Airlines cancels thousands of flights, triggering speculation that employees are protesting vaccine mandates, and the Supreme Court reconsiders the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bomber.   Picks of the week:

• Helen: River Warrior, David Randall
• Micah: Eric Zemmour, France's Buchanan, Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski
• Emile: On the Value Of Memory, And Remembering the South, Bradley G. Green

Emile, Helen, Sohrab and Micah discuss the recent New York Times essay on divorce as an "act of self-love," and what it portends for a society already confused about marriage & family. Plus, Facebook goes dark for hours on Monday, exposing the monopoly's power and reach.   Picks of the week:

• Sohrab: Building A Family-Friendly Country, Gladden Pappin
• Micah: Yes, Bring Back the Decalogue, E.J. Hutchinson
• Helen: Casino Capitalism, Literally, Helen Andrews
• Emile: Noem Man's Land, Bradley Devlin

Emile Doak, Helen Andrews, Declan Leary, and Matthew Walther react to a New York Times report that FBI informants were part of the January 6 riot—a story that conservative media have been covering for months. Plus, Congress wants to draft America's daughters, and another round of Covid theater.

Picks of the week:

• Emile: Forty Years Fighting the Anti-Culture, Sohrab Ahmari
• Helen: The Most Dangerous Man in America, Declan Leary
• Declan: Talking About Class in America, Matthew Walther
• Matthew: Big Apple is Watching, Carmel Richardson

Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab discuss the humanitarian disaster in Del Rio, Texas, and what continued unchecked immigration means for the country. In addition, the hosts explore the civil religion of Covid measures in light of high-profile maskless episodes among our elites, and confirmation of the Hunter Biden laptop story from Politico.   Picks of the week:

• Micah: Thank God For Rednecks, Michael Warren Davis
• Sohrab: We Are All Transgender Now, Declan Leary
• Helen: A Rapture Deferred, Nick Burns
• Emile: Remember When We Had Sovereignty?, Carmel Richardson

Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab unpack the bombshell report that Gen. Mark Milley worked to circumvent the chain of command and tip off the Chinese to a potential US attack. Plus, the hosts explore what the decline of men in higher education means for our society, and take on George W. Bush's 9/11 speech.   Picks of the week:

• Micah: The Sufficient Condition for Forever War Is Never War, Jason Morgan
• Helen: The Resilient Parish Buildings of Quebec, Madeline Johnson
• Sohrab: First They Came For the Infants, Matthew Walther
• Emile: Ruthie Leming, Gone Ten Years Today, Rod Dreher