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The days of the 2012 GOP “autopsy” are long behind us. Listen as Jonah ruminates on the struggles of protecting serious conservatism at a time of supreme unreflectiveness among many adherents of the movement as to how it has been led astray. Jonah also expresses his optimism at the revitalized raison d’être of The Dispatch in a post-Trump America. Additionally, Jonah even previews a forthcoming idea that could be of supreme interest to The Remnant’s nerdier factions: “I owe it to readers to do a deep dive… into what Liberal Fascism has to say” about the revanchist populism of the Trumpian right.
Show Notes:
- The minimum wage and eugenics
- Why are they calling all of Antifa “Biden voters”?
- Newt Gingrich, with another asinine thing
- The Remnant with Mo Elleithee
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Congratulations on yours and The Dispatch’s success, Jonah! I'm glad to be a subscriber. As a long-term reader and listener of yours, thank you, Jonah, for your writing and podcasts, and thank you for creating The Dispatch.
Here's one particular comment prompted by your remarks on National Review: I started reading NR in high school and continued well into adulthood. Whether due to change in my own beliefs or change in NR itself, the content emphasis of NR (both online and magazine) appealed to me less and less in recent years. The singular focus of many NR writers on cultural conservative issues that often tipped over into heavy-handed proselytizing for a particular faith alienated me. Granted that I didn’t have to read those writers, but it seemed to create an atmosphere across the whole publication that differed from the memories of my youth.
In contrast, I compliment The Dispatch on handling topics related to faith. Since David French’s writing touches more frequently on faith-related items, I will single out what I perceive to be his approach. David comes across as an adult who has his own particular beliefs but respects his readers and those whose perspectives and backgrounds differ from his. Judging by the Comments section of his Sunday pieces, he attracts readers with a wide range of beliefs and faiths. That speaks well for both him and The Dispatch.
For me, the Dispatch business model is nearly a deal-breaker between Dispatch and NR. I like some NR liberal-conservative writers, and they have good movie reviews. I cannot bear the constant pop ups on NR and the emails telling me some republican senator is in danger in some way and the news alerts. To me, the absence of this crap in the Dispatch is a sign and symbol of a somewhat loftier tone :) I like reading the Morning Dispatch and being done for the day. Also the comments not being filled with insane people is OK. I loved the original Corner in the early 2000s. It was so much fun. We cannot go back exactly to that, but you know that.