Common Sense and the Liberals

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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What happened to the liberal ideal of speaking for and about common sense? How did America's liberals become advocates for wildly radical ideas? Is there a path back to sanity for them? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.9	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Thursday, February 6, 2025. I am John Podhorst, the editor of Commentary Magazine. With me, as always, Executive Editor Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John.
1:06.5	And Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Cottonetti. Hi, Matt. Hi, Matt. Hi, John. So yesterday afternoon
1:11.8	at the White House to great fanfare, Donald Trump had the layup of all time in signing the
1:18.3	executive order banning biologically born males from participating in girls' sports. I say this is the layup of all time because this is something
1:30.4	like an 80% issue in polling, and Democrats and liberals have not only ceded this field, which they
1:40.0	could very easily have made into a non-issue simply by going along with the rational reality
1:46.0	of what we're talking about here, but have handed Republicans and conservatives and people
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