The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Neoconclave Edition
We’re up a day early with this special emergency edition of the 3WHH because it isn’t every millennium when you get an American Pope. With John Yoo hosting this week we hold ecumenical court on what to think about an American Pope who displays some progressive political sympathies, but is a math major and an Augustinian, which are more promising indications. We offer a few things to watch for as this papacy unfolds.
Next up: what to make of Trump’s foreign policy, especially in light of the firing of NSA Mike Waltz. John is confused (so what else is new?), and once again Steve and Lucretia have to sort him out about how foreign policy analysis ought to begin, with the first step being, throw out all your academic IR theories! Meanwhile, the title for today’s episode arises from a joke in the middle of this topic. (You’ll just have to listen to find out what it is, and if you don’t like it, blame Richard Samuelson!)
Finally, we use the latest disgrace at Columbia to judge whether colleges are starting to shape up or not, and why we want the Trump Administration to keep up the pressure.
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The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Sister Souljah Time for the Dems?
March 8, 2025 episode of The Three Whisky Happy Hour titled "Sister Souljah Time for the Dems?"
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Band Reunion Time
John Yoo is back this week, bringing the 3WHH up to full strength again after last week’s astonishingly congenial episode, which can mean only one thing—not even high tariffs, which this week’s host (Steve) vainly tried to impose on ths discussion—could stop a vigorous free trade in ideas.
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Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas
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Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts
Although there is a consensus that personalized forms of campaign outreach are more likely to be effective at either mobilizing or even persuading voters, there remains uncertainty about how campaigns should implement get-out-the-vote (GOTV) programs, especially at a truly expansive scale.
Donald Trump Has Scrambled the Old Class Allegiances
Oligarchs, professionals and the working class are all divided among themselves.
The Pope of Progress?
Francis made progressive politics his lodestar. The result was a failed papacy.
UK Supreme Court Rules Water Is Wet
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Becoming a Deficit Nation
The Roosevelt Administration tried to revive the World War I debt collection policy, only to see Hitler cancel reparations payments, dismiss the terms of the Versailles Treaty, withdraw from the League of Nations, and remilitarize Germany with malign intent.
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