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Tucker Carlson Dines With Zacchaeus

by David Gornoski | Nov 5, 2025 | Featured Articles, Politics

Tucker Carlson sat down with Nick Fuentes, and the gates of hell yawned open—at least according to the professional pearl-clutchers of Conservative Inc. Eric Metaxas, the radio host who once fancied himself a Dietrich Bonhoeffer for talk radio, thundered that Carlson had supped with the devil. Dinesh D’Souza, whose documentaries make for sensitivity training for senior citizen field trips, warned that this interview was a bridge too far, a moral Rubicon that could only lead to the ovens. Then came the microwaved neocons: people like Seth Dillon of Babylon Bee, suddenly trading punchlines for...

For Elon Musk’s DOGE to Succeed, He Needs Ron Paul

by David Gornoski | Nov 20, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics

Most Americans have a heart that yearns for a leaner, more efficient government, one that obeys the U.S. Constitution and practices fiscal honesty. For the last six decades, no figure has been more iconic and relentless in this pursuit than former Congressman Ron Paul. With excitement surrounding Donald Trump's recent announcement of a “Manhattan Project” style, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, there is no more sincere catalyst to make the necessary cuts than Ron Paul. The legendary Dr. No should be brought to the table to make DOGE's...

Interview: Danny Sjursen Explains War in the Age of Biden

by David Gornoski | Jan 25, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

David Gornoski starts the show by commenting on ridiculous establishment-friendly media coverage given to the Biden inauguration. Also in the show, David brings to our attention the recent nonsensical censorship taken against him by YouTube. Plus, Ret. Major Danny Sjursen calls in to give us an overall assessment of the Biden inauguration. What should we make of the increased military presence at that event? Why is there a lack of self-awareness among voters on both sides? How should we assess Donald Trump’s foreign policy? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Listen to Danny...

Interview: Learn How Marxist Revolutionaries Massacred Ethiopia’s Christian Monarchy

by David Gornoski | Oct 22, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

“What happened was a catastrophic revolution that really ate its own bright people. The very people who were behind the revolution were the ones who were its victims," Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie has said on the 1974 Marxist revolution that overthrew his grandfather, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie. I had the rare opportunity to interview Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, president of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, and the grandson of Ras Tafari, Emperor Haile Selassie. In my discussion, I heard a first-hand account of the mortal dangers of populations adopting a socialist revolution that we...

How Z-pak Could Slay COVID-19

by David Gornoski | Apr 6, 2020 | Events, Featured Articles

Z-Pak, also known as azithromycin or Zithromax, could be a critical tool in preventing and treating COVID-19 coronavirus, according to Professor Michael P. Lisanti, MD-PhD and Chair of Translational Medicine at Salford University in the UK. I recently spoke with Professor Lisanti to unpack his hypothesis and call for immediate clinical trials of Z-pak and other extremely inexpensive, generic antibiotics for COVID-19 patients. Watch my detailed interview with Dr. Michael Lisanti on antibiotics for COVID-19 and cancer here: Individuals may have heard of Professor Lisanti's work as it relates...

Church Support for War Created Social Justice Rage

by David Gornoski | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

“’Saul, why do you persecute me?’ (Acts 22.7). This is the fundamental question. Christian conversion is our discovery that we are persecutors without knowing it. All participation in the scapegoat phenomenon is the same sin of the persecution of Christ. And all human beings commit this sin.” – Rene Girard, Evolution and Conversion (142) We discovered the scientific method because we stopped burning witches. We stopped burning witches because, despite the slowness in understanding and stubborn choice to disregard the question at the heart of Christian conversion, the story of Jesus saving...

Church Support for War Created Social Justice Rage

by David Gornoski | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism

“’Saul, why do you persecute me?’ (Acts 22.7). This is the fundamental question. Christian conversion is our discovery that we are persecutors without knowing it. All participation in the scapegoat phenomenon is the same sin of the persecution of Christ. And all human beings commit this sin.” – Rene Girard, Evolution and Conversion (142) We discovered the scientific method because we stopped burning witches. We stopped burning witches because, despite the slowness in understanding and stubborn choice to disregard the question at the heart of Christian conversion, the story of Jesus saving...