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We welcome back Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute to discuss her latest in City Journal on the Racial Justice Act of 2020 in California. What was Operation Windstar, and how are unrelated accusations of historical racial bias being used to overturn criminal convictions?
 
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California’s Looming Crime Catastrophe | City Journal
California Racial Justice Act for All Signed Into Law | Official Website 
San Francisco Police Department will stop releasing most mug shots to combat racial bias | CNN 
When Race Trumps Merit (Heather Mac Donald) 6/29/23
Race, Fact and Law (Heather Mac Donald) 7/26/23
White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era: Shelby Steele
No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men
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We welcome back Dr. Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on the debt crisis facing major cities. Given the seemingly insurmountable debt they face, is it wrong to ask whether the municipal budgets were designed to fail?
 
Show Notes
How Debt Ate Chicago | City Journal
U.S. Debt Clock
World Debt Clocks
Debate: 75 Years after A-Bomb - Did Welfare Cause Detroit's Decline and Lack of It Cause Hiroshima's Rise? - Frank Report
Hiroshima vs. Detroit: Then and Now
Another Look at School Choice (Dr. Corey DeAngelis) 8/9/23
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We welcome back Steve Malanga of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on homelessness, and the government responses fueled by do-something-ism. How much worse have government housing policies made the situation? Father finishes with some Timeless Thoughts.
 
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We welcome back Jim Meigs of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on plagiarism and an anti-scientific trend within the scientific community. Is ideology valued above truth even within scientific journals?
 
Show Notes
Unscientific American | City Journal
The Great Debate: Dinesh D'Souza v. Dr. Michael Shermer - The Thinking Conservative
Two DEI deans at elitist MIT accused of being serial plagiarists
‘An Existential Crisis’ for Science: Institute for Policy Research
The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy: The editors of Lingua Franca
How Alan Sokal Won the Battle but Lost the ‘Science Wars’ – Commentary Magazine
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters: Abigail Shrier
Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative
The Hidden Life of Hilary Cass - by Sarah Cain
The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students
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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the virtues needed to commit to the truth. How can we prepare ourselves to better hear and accept difficult and painful calls to conversion? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.
 
Show Notes
An Unteachable Society and the Church 
Does modern education endanger the soul? 
Why do we lie to ourselves? 
What will make people more likely to accept the “truthiness” of truth? 
Are we educating for freedom? 
Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available!
Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught: Fr. James Schall S.J.
Diocese of Buffalo plans merger of one-third of its parishes
Diocese of Buffalo Announces Plan to Reshape the Number of Parishes through Merger
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We welcome back Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. of EWTN to begin to scratch the surface in discussing Eastern Catholicism. How did the spread of the twelve apostles lead to such liturgical diversity within the Catholic church, and how can we best appreciate and participate in this rich history?
 
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Why Istanbul Is Not Constantinople (Anymore) 
Answering Orthodoxy - A Catholic Response to Attacks from the East: Michael Lofton
Finding A Hidden Church - Eastern Christian Publications
The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin
Fr. Pacwa Interviews Fr. Daniel Dozier | EWTN Live
The Light of the East | EWTN
The Eastern Catholic Church Explained: 7 Fascinating Facts All Roman Catholics Should Know
20 ANSWERS: EASTERN CATHOLICISM | EWTN Religious Catalogue
Light of the East Podcast Fr. Thomas Loya
Fr. Thomas Loya - Tabor Life Institute
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