Better Late Than Never. . .
This week's 3WHH episode, a little delayed for paradoxical reasons. ..
If you think it is hard for the three chaotically busy Three Musketeers of the Three Whisky Happy Hour have difficulty setting a time to meet and record every week, just try doing it when Steve and John are overseas and unavailable, and only one person needs to get sorted out. It’s nearly impossible. (The truly in-the-know people will get the oblique reference. . .)
Anyway, Lucretia takes full control of the podcast this week, welcoming back a much more sober special guest, Prof. Vincent Munoz of Notre Dame University, this semester visiting at the University of Texas at Austin.
With Sen. Tim Kaine making an utter jackass of himself by implying that the Lockean philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and the American Founders is "what the mullahs in Iran believe," and then our friends Larry Arnn of Hillsdale College and noted evangelical thought leader Doug Wilson getting into a tussle about exactly how Christian principles should be manifest in the American political order, it is obviously high time finally to get into the subject that baffles John Yoo (we know—not that hard to do): the "theological-political problem."
Don't be put off by that clunky-sounding phrase. It really is the key to everything, and few people are more versed and sound on the subject than Phil, who has dropped by the podcast a couple times before, and somehow is till willing to come back for more!
It’s an ad-free episode, so listen here, or from wherever you source your favorite podcast material.
P.S. Owing to the late recording and production, we won’t be offering the video of this episode on YouTube this week.
Re: 3WHH
Heroes and villans; Good reference to Jay Bhattacharya, but don't forget Richard Epstein's similar contribution in statistics and economics, which is widely dismissed. Also correct to call out Fauci and Birx as bad advisors to Trump, but don't forget the badly pharma compromised Mike Pence.
Firstly, this was a great discussion. All of these podcasts are good and very much worth the time, but this one was easily one of the best in the series. Congratulations Lucretia!
The huge problem with any discussion of natural law in the presence of government and legislators is the quality of the legislators. Can we call it the Tim-Kaine-Idiocy (TKI). Legislators are prone to seek headlines and respond to perceived political exigencies, hence TKI. This is the long way of getting around to Canada, where MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) is now the law. Go to the emergency with a serious complaint and you may be asked if you want awful chemo or MAID. This hardly comports with “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The question to ask is how long it will take before some judge rules “You had a good inning and it’s time to call it a day.” You know, laws change, attitudes change, so tough luck Fatboy!
I have a hard time with this sort of legislation, but I’m sure the German Church is onside, and this sort of consent is worth every pfennig.