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First: Trump wins in South Carolina, but Nikki Haley vows to stay in the running, while Trumps team shifts to focus on the general election campaign by painting a dark vision of President Biden's America. Plus: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks out in a press conference as we move into a third year of the Russia-Ukraine war putting pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson. And: Matt Gaetz backs challenger to Illinois Representative Mike Bost whom he argued with over McCarthy ouster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Story #1: Bidenomics: Does it take $300K to live like someone that just a few short years ago made $100K. Are we in the midst of a technological revolution that will make the industrial revolution look like peanuts? A conversation with economist and Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Peter St. Onge, Ph.D. Story #2: What is Nikki Haley's WAR (Wins Above Replacement)? Does she have any added value? What is Biden's WAR? Plus, Will breaks down the former Ambassador's major announcement. Story #3: Is Caleb Williams a better quarterback prospect than Trevor Lawrence? And your feedback to The Will Cain Show mailbag.   Tell Will what you thought about this podcast by emailing WillCainShow@fox.com   Follow Will on Twitter: @WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 120 of the Monday Night MasterDebaters where I am joined by  Ryan from Dangerous World Podcast and Ryan from Notus & Friends Podcast.  Tonight we talk about Trumps sneaker release, voting, Biden America, everyone has an addiction, Requiem For A Dream, Fentanyl, War on Children, War on Natural Health, The Antidote documentary, Disease X, Grass Roots Movements, Illusion of Power, Independence, Crypto, Ryan (Notus) upcoming free mason part 2 interview and much more! My dear friend and friend of the show Matthew Smith needs our help, if you can donate, it is greatly appreciated! Matthew's 'F Pancreatic Cancer' Fund   https://gofund.me/66ad1486 Please leave a review & share the show! Go support the great guests at: Ryan Aleckszander  from Notus & Friends Podcast  https://www.instagram.com/ryanaleckszander/ https://notusbooks.org https://wagthedogtheory.com My other accounts: @wallachswarriors@transcendtowers@notusfoods Ryan from Dangerous World Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DangerousWorldPodcast/posts IG: @dangerousworldpod linktr.ee/dangerousworldpodcast Mat from The Great Deception Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thegreatdeceptionpodcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegreatdeceptionpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thegreatdeceptionpodcast_v2/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/Barons44 To Make Contributions: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatdeceptionpodcast Merch: https://my-store-cb4b4e.creator-spring.com thegreatdeceptionpodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-great-deception-podcast/support

Jon chats about money being earmarked for campaigns that make no sense concerning our children, preventing the development of bias and pivoted to a conversation on the health of our president plus the migrant crisis we are dealing with as we took your calls and played your talkbacks all morning long.

Welcome To Biden's America | Can't Miss Moments https://www.audacy.com/989word The Charlie James Show   Listen on Spotify : https://spoti.fi/3MXOvGP Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charlie-james-show-podcast/id1547262821   Follow us on Social Media Join our Live Stream Weekdays - 3pm to 7pm   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/989word Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2031096 X: https://twitter.com/989word Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/989word/   "Red Meat, Greenville." 02/13/24

This week on Biblical News Source we are going to take a deep dive into the troubling influx of carelessness and abandonment in Biden's America, specifically how intentional it is and how it is showing itself even in the U.S. Congress, especially with one congresswoman Ilhan Omar. We are paying for their brazen ineptitude. Then, as it turns out, carbon dioxide emissions are actually healthy for the planet, and we will look at a recent science article that tells us why. And after that, we continue our examination of Abraham and the forefathers of biblical faith. Welcome to Biblical News Source.Sources:https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1751751864167661750https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1752554593592979829https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1752556628002435298https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1752378590984122732https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1751807206553682409https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1752278015181045861https://twitter.com/RMXnews/status/1749788543185018911https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1751596642006962446https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1752167979838587065https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423004262https://twitter.com/TaraBull808/status/1751578097890230286Dr. Timothy Jennings, The God-Shaped HeartSave on healthcare with Crossway Connect today: https://app.crosswayconnect.org/enroll...Build your own library of resources for biblical study with Logos Bible Software: https://logos.refr.cc/10minutechurchDeck yourself out with some Jesus swag and bear his name with apparel and accessories from SeekJesus.co:https://seekjesus.co/pages/_go_?ref=7491:646327&discount=CHRISW92Get a copy of my new devotional journal Centering Prayer: Sit and Give Your Troubles to God: https://a.co/d/39pw2eEWebsite: 10minute.churchConvos With Dad: https://www.spreaker.com/show/convos-with-dadX (formerly Twitter): @TheChrisW92Recommended Sources:Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm; Supernatural; Angels; Demons; Reversing Hermon; and The Divine Council in Late Canonical and Non-Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature, a dissertation. Ronn A. Johnson, The Old Testament Background for Paul's Use of "Principalities and Powers," a dissertation.Heiser, Michael S. “Divine Council.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.Peterson, Brian Neil. “Nephilim.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.Amar Annus, "On the Origin of the Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 19.4 (2010), 277-320.Faruq Zamani, Origin of the Nephilim in MesopotamiaHarkins, Bautch, and Endres, The Watchers in Jewish and Christian TraditionsPyles, Anthony R. “Abraham.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.Magallanes, S. A. “Ishmael, Son of Abraham.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.Dijkstra, M. “Ishmael.” Edited by Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, and Pieter W. van der Horst. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Leiden; Boston; Köln; Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge: Brill; Eerdmans, 1999.Douglas, J. D., and Merrill Chapin Tenney. New International Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1987.Butler, Trent C. “Isaac, Son of Abraham.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.

Catch our LIVE Stream on Rumble, Weekdays at 10 https://rumble.com/TheJaySheldonShowSHOW NOTESGet the best “wake up and kick butt” coffee fromBLACKOUT COFFEE https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=HyctD1sS3Use promo code JAY20 at check out for 20% offAll New, All-American designs!Check out our new show merchandise!https://the-jay-sheldon-show.printify.meKeep your online activity hidden with the best VPN. Get a HUGE DISCOUNT at NordVPN with this special link!https://bit.ly/NordVPN-JaySheldonGet healthy with all natural fruits and veggies!Start today!Brickhouse Nutrition https://bit.ly/JaySheldonBrickhouseLearn or teach! Get creative! Check out Skillshare!Get 40% OFF and 1 free month with this special link! https://join.skillshare.com/aff7d40dtp?coupon=aff30d40dtpor use Coupon code: aff30d40dtp In today's show:Biden's America https://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-immigrants-who-allegedly-attacked-nypd-officers-released-without-bail-by-manhattan-da-alvin-bragghttps://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1753119848459083822 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/2829732/prioritize-safety-public-over-illegal-immigrants/ https://www.dailywire.com/news/iranian-irgc-commanders-go-into-hiding-as-biden-admin-continues-to-leak-details-of-alleged-retaliatory-strikes-reports https://thepostmillennial.com/fired-dem-staffer-will-not-be-charged-for-shooting-gay-porn-in-senate-hearing-roomhttps://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/enthow-diversity-politics-undermined-federal-air-traffic-control-skills Gomen Spying and Censoring https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1753111154002665976 This is What No Farmers Looks Like https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1752970704906076574This person is teaching Your 4-year-old.https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1753107744314585369 But Pedos Are People Too! Yes, some actually believe thishttps://twitter.com/Thekeksociety/status/1753109456278245391 Democrats Coddling Criminals, AGAIN! https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1753191193586905105 More TikTok Garbage https://justthenews.com/nation/culture/universal-music-group-yanks-catalog-tiktok Treasure Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUIcz4ITkrg Contact Your Representatives. Let Them Know!https://www.congress.gov/members Please subscribe to the podcast at: iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jay-sheldon-show/id1568836253Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2HNQU8yshneTCb0K1Q6cS0 Buy my book!https://www.facebook.com/WillyandTheWarthog https://www.amazon.com/dp/1320055001/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_VjSStb0E2RTDG26W Or Just Send me money ‘cause you love me!https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TheJaySheldonShow Social MediaTwitter: https://twitter.com/JaySheldonShow Truth Social https://truthsocial.com/@JaySheldon Facebook @jay.sheldon Instagram @ItsJaySheldon Email us at show@jaysheldon.comDISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on this show are the host's and do not reflect the opinions of guests or advertisers. This show does not promote drug use or violence in any manner, but we do promote free thinking and the absolute freedom of speech.

Our Western Chauvinism series finale airs next Friday February 9th. Until then, we bring you Famboogie. We talk about the alleged Taylor Swift / NFL psy-op, discuss how Sesame Street's Elmo exposed misery in Biden's America, and reveal perhaps the most technologically advanced, anti-human propaganda project ever created. We also discuss Netflix's new narco miniseries Griselda, and review Peacock's fascinating reality series The Traitors...and show how it reveals the source of the elites' power.Support the show: https://redpilledamerica.com/support/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) blasted the Left's open border polices that caused NYC school students to be kicked out of the classroom to make room for thousands of illegal immigrants.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Charlie Talks to Tim Rivers, Author of American Gulag Chronicles, about J6 Arrests” “Listeners Marcus and Gene Call in to Discuss The Jab and Liberal Family” “Mark calls in to Talk Blood Clots and Continue the Jab Discussion” “Family Feuds and Healthcare in Biden's America”

Catch our LIVE Stream on Rumble, Weekdays at 10 https://rumble.com/TheJaySheldonShowSHOW NOTESGet the best “wake up and kick butt” coffee fromBLACKOUT COFFEE https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=HyctD1sS3Use promo code JAY20 at check out for 20% offAll New, All-American designs!Check out our new show merchandise!https://the-jay-sheldon-show.printify.meKeep your online activity hidden with the best VPN. Get a HUGE DISCOUNT at NordVPN with this special link!https://bit.ly/NordVPN-JaySheldonGet healthy with all natural fruits and veggies!Start today!Brickhouse Nutrition https://bit.ly/JaySheldonBrickhouseLearn or teach! Get creative! Check out Skillshare!Get 40% OFF and 1 free month with this special link! https://join.skillshare.com/aff7d40dtp?coupon=aff30d40dtpor use Coupon code: aff30d40dtpIn today's show:The Invasion Continues https://twitter.com/BenBergquam/status/1741194244562497865 Biden's America https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1741288172078748052 T-Mobile Time to Dump Them? https://countylocalnews.com/2023/12/24/breaking-t-mobile-imposes-fines-for-disputed-content-in-updated-tos/https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1739009180197925005 CDC Steps on it's D*ck! https://www.facebook.com/112021847288400/photos/a.112856193871632/131811085309476/ 100% Child Abuse. Disgusting Prents https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1741234122532573402 Ohio Gov goes Woke https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-hits-ohio-governor-over-veto-on-proposed-gender-affirming-health-care-ban/ar-AA1mfTpA https://www.westernjournal.com/gop-gov-vetoed-trans-bills-received-40k-childrens-hospitals-supporting-sex-change-procedures/ More Trans Nonsense https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-12912389/USA-Boxing-transgender-women-compete-female-boxers-2024-policy.html FTX and SBF-It Figures https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1740935509214433318 UFO Abductions https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1740497828462600365  Treasure Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUIcz4ITkrg Contact Your Representatives. Let Them Know!https://www.congress.gov/members Please subscribe to the podcast at: iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jay-sheldon-show/id1568836253Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2HNQU8yshneTCb0K1Q6cS0 Buy my book!https://www.facebook.com/WillyandTheWarthog https://www.amazon.com/dp/1320055001/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_VjSStb0E2RTDG26W Or Just Send me money ‘cause you love me!https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TheJaySheldonShow Social MediaTwitter: https://twitter.com/ItsJaySheldon Truth Social https://truthsocial.com/@JaySheldon Facebook @jay.sheldon Instagram @ItsJaySheldon Email us at show@jaysheldon.comDISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on this show are the host's and do not reflect the opinions of guests or advertisers. This show does not promote drug use or violence in any manner, but we do promote free thinking and the absolute freedom of speech.

Tonight In Focus..... Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley commits a major gaffe on the campaign trail...What did she say or... not say? Also---- China's military is working on bio-weapons that genetically alter their enemies...Sound familiar? Plus---- the latest way big tech is colluding with the establishment to censor anyone critical of the illegitimate government. And---- things are so bad in Biden's America that radical feminists may start rejecting post modern feminism.

On today's show, how low can the Democrats go because Democrats have sunk to an all-time low? Then we talk about a new film which gives a prediction of America's future. Then we talk about how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit gave women a fighting chance to fight back against the trans cult madness.    Source: A democrat Senator is in major hot water. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/sick-democrat-senate-staffer-caught-having-graphic-sex/ A Democrat Sex act on full display. https://thespectator.com/newsletter/please-stop-taking-nudes-congress-cockburn-notes-12-15-23/ A Democrat Staffer was caught having sex. https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/15/staffer-caught-filming-sex-tape-senate-hearing-room/ Another one of Biden's America. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/15/graphic-video-senate-staffer-caught-filming-gay-sex-tape-in-senate-hearing-room/ Guess which Democrat is responsible for this. https://thepostmillennial.com/shocking-democrat-senators-staffer-filmed-gay-sex-video-in-senate-hearing-room A Democrat Staffer who likes anal sex has a questionable background. https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/12/15/update-senate-staffer-who-made-porn-in-the-capitol-identified-and-his-politics-are-the-peak-of-irony-n2167608 Is Hollywood left trying to warn us about something? https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/civil-war-trailer-review/ A24 film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHVIG0_-6JA A Chilling prediction film. https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-empires-fall-chilling-civil-war-trailer-shows-dystopian-divided-america Appeals court reinstates women's lawsuit. https://www.courant.com/2023/12/15/appeals-court-reinstates-ct-female-high-school-athletes-suit-seeking-to-bar-transgender-competition/ Appeals court sides with women. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/sports/court-revives-lawsuit-over-ct-rule-allowing-trans-girls-to-compete-in-school-sports/3173198/   Support my affiliates Podbean affiliate: https://www.podbean.com/NCPB Minds Referral: https://www.minds.com/?referrer=Shianp Minds + Referral: https://www.minds.com/plus?referrer=Shianp Advertise on Podbean: https://sponsorship.podbean.com/NCPB NorthShore referral: https://www.northshorecare.com/referral-landing-page?referral-code=NSRP-VAOD-IBQQ Shop MyID: https://lddy.no/1frus eBay Deals: https://t.ly/oBfE

In today's episode, Andy & DJ talk about special counsel Jack Smith calling on the Supreme Court to rule on Trump's immunity claim, Hunter Biden's new legal problems, and the average monthly mortgage payments exploding in Biden's America.

Hunter Biden's attorney balks at the House Oversight Committee's subpoena.Plus, a surge of childhood pneumonia in China triggers new pandemic fears. And, holiday shoppers went crazy in the gun department this year… I guess they don't feel safe in Biden's America.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 11.23.2023 Rick Pogue, Jake Kaestner, Chad Hansen, and Emma Hansen join us in studio. Illegal immigrants are using up resources that are for Americans | Low-income NYC residents don't have food for Thanksgiving meals | The cost of being a small business owner during Bidenomics https://www.jhideout.com/  https://www.hansenstree.com/  https://stowloch.com/   31:15 SEG 3 Rick, Jake, Chad, and Emma talk about the education system in America | Incentivising the ones who want to work | Monitoring our children's phone and tablet usage | During COVID we told people to stay home and we gave them money https://newstalkstl.com/    FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstream    RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 11.23.2023 Rick Pogue, Jake Kaestner, Chad Hansen, and Emma Hansen join us in studio. Illegal immigrants are using up resources that are for Americans | Low-income NYC residents don't have food for Thanksgiving meals | The cost of being a small business owner during Bidenomics https://www.jhideout.com/  https://www.hansenstree.com/  https://stowloch.com/   31:15 SEG 3 Rick, Jake, Chad, and Emma talk about the education system in America | Incentivising the ones who want to work | Monitoring our children's phone and tablet usage | During COVID we told people to stay home and we gave them money https://newstalkstl.com/    FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstream    RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The best way to bring down Biden's America is to be a better person. Tom talks about being a better person as a way to defeat liberals politically, and gives examples on today's show. LNS: 11/13/23 Vol.15 #45 *Introduction *Cranberry Love *Rapinoe Done *Biden's Veteran's Day *Biden to Meet with China's Xi *Cleaning Up SF *Tim Scott Out *Jimmy Carter, Palestinian Sympathizer *Reparations? Sorry, No. *Marvels and the MCU *Bill Burr And the Nia Bird (Books by host Thomas Purcell are available free on to Amazon Prime and Kindle subscribers The money pledged through our website will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners, we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff. To help our show out, please support us on www.LibertyNeverSleeps.com) Books by host Thomas Purcell are available free on to Amazon Prime and Kindle subscribers The money pledged through our website will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners, we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.All bumper music and sound clips are not owned by the show, are commentary, and of educational purposes, or de minimus effect, and not for monetary gain. No copyright is claimed in any use of such materials and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, I assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact the poster. Closing music and introduction warning gratefully done by Kevin Richards at the Total Singing Dojo SEE: https://www.youtube.com/c/RocktheStageNYC

Trottier continues to dissect the Deep State. Listen along as you read his latest article: https://open.substack.com/pub/iantrottier/p/bidens-america-national-suicide?r=ez4r2&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iantrottier/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iantrottier/support

Make no mistake: Biden is embracing Israel … in a deadly bear hug. We're joined today by Kyle Shideler, director for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy, to analyze all the ways the Biden administration is kneecapping Israel. Shideler warns that Biden is sending troops to the region for the purpose of placing golden handcuffs on Israel. He is also strengthening the opposition leftists inside Israel against Netanyahu and is doing everything he can to block the Gaza invasion. Also, our government is full of agents for Iran and Qatar. Kyle explains how Qatar is the biggest troublemaker on the block. The bottom line is that an America-first and minimalist approach to the Middle East is actually the most pro-Israel policy. Conservatives in Congress should focus more on overturning Biden's pro-Hamas policies than pursuing a blank check of Israeli aid so that it doesn't become a golden handcuff.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode, Dinesh examines the future of the GOP House in the wake of a speaker vacancy.  Dinesh reviews a detailed article in Newsweek exposing the police agencies of the Biden regime targeting of the MAGA movement. GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz joins Dinesh to talk about socialist tyranny she grew up under in Soviet-dominated Ukraine and the reappearance of the police state in Biden's America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With this definitive style, Savage examines the origins of the scapegoat to paint a picture of modern America. Learn why we have become the scapegoats in Biden's America. In a quintessential Savage broadcast, he weaves between the political, philosophical, and spiritual. How Savage became an ethnobotanist; Is God omnipotent or omnipresent? Why only God can save the West; America is being assassinated; Savage details the plan to destroy America in his new book A Savage Republic: Inside the Plot to Destroy America; The Bob Menendez bribery scandal only scratches the surface of corruption; Why the truth shall set us free! The Desantis campaign is just now focusing on his military background, but is it too late? Trudeau has destroyed Canada; Zelensky asks Spirit-Cooking artist Marina Abramović to be an ambassador; How phony charities work in the U.S.; How the welfare state has warped our immigration system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ISIS linked human smugglers are under investigation by the FBI for coordinated efforts to bring in migrants from central Asian nations rife with Islamic extremism. Welcome to Biden's America where he imports the problems here, as opposed to President Trump ending the caliphate over there. Plus, the Utah mayor looking to unseat Senator Mitt Romney drops by. And finally, are soldiers from Afghanistan with years of U.S. training being recruited by Russia and Iran to serve as mercenaries and even potentially as terrorists?Guests:Andrea Kaye | Host, The Andrea Kaye ShowTrent Staggs | Mayor, Riverton, UTChristopher Alexander | Chief Analytics Officer, Pioneer Development GroupJohn Rossomando | National Security Researcher

HR3 The Unaffordability of Biden's America | GOV's Crime Against Low-Income Individuals 8-31-23 by John Rush

In episode 7, Teresa Morris and Will Wright discuss how virtue is the mean between excess and deficiency. They talk about how virtue relates to spiritual life. Teresa explains Plato's analogy of the Cave, Mumford and Sons, G.K. Chesterton, and Dr. Peter Kreeft are brought up. This conversation has a few tangents, but all of them are worthwhile. Give it a listen! Listen to episode 7 and then join us as a free or paid subscriber here at https://gooddistinctions.com/Rough TRANSCRIPT of the Video:Will Wright:Welcome back to Good Distinctions. I'm Will Wright.Teresa Morris:and I'm Teresa Morris.Will Wright:And good distinctions are...Teresa Morris:the spice of life.Will Wright:So today, Teresa, we are talking about virtue. I'm glad that you're with me because I don't have a lot of it. I'm working on it, but I would like to grow in virtue. So hopefully this conversation will be helpful to everyone that's watching. So let's dive right into it. First of all, let's define what is a virtue.Teresa Morris:Hmm. I wish the answer was as simple as just being able to give what is a particular virtue or what is the overall definition of virtue. I will give the definition of virtue that I tend to think is maybe the best one. And then perhaps we can kind of talk about why people have different opinions on why that may or may not be a good definition. So virtue was initially proposed by Aristotle and Aristotle essentially said that virtue is a habit of excellence and that it's a mean between two extremes of excess and deficiency. So his proposal was that people should be trying to live a virtuous life and where virtue falls, if you think about kind of like a line, virtue falls right in the middle. and you want to be oriented towards this kind of middle ground and you're not trying to fall to one of the other sides of excess or deficiency. So you don't want to be too much of something but you also don't want to be lacking in something or deficient in something. So virtue is kind of that middle ground of excellence that we're trying to cultivate.Will Wright:So we could say in Medio stat Virtus, which is Latin. I don't know why I know the phrase in Latin. Aristotle spoke Greek. Anyway, it means in the middle stands the virtue, right? And so that's what we're getting at. I think it's hilarious when asking a philosopher anything because you're gonna get a very philosophical answer. No, it was very beautiful. And I'm excited to unpack that. I would just like to offer. I guess the theological answer would be what's in the catechism, right? So the virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to the good.So I'm not thrilled with that definition as like the end all be all. I don't think it includes exactly what you mentioned of excellence as being the mean between excess and deficiency. But I think we should start by unpacking that real quick. So It's habitual, which means it's a habit.It's something that we have to do. And it's something that we have to habituate and make part of our routine, something that we need to practice. Later, I think we'll definitely talk about the difference between the theological virtues and the cardinal virtues and moral virtues, because there's a huge distinction to be made there. But putting a pin in that, habitual. So it needs to be habitual, but it also needs to be firm. Right, it's not wishy washy. You can't just... You know, you're walking down the road and you see a kid walking towards the street and there's a car coming and you go and you reach out your hand half-heartedly, grab the back of their shirt and say, hey, don't do that. That doesn't make you a brave person. That doesn't make you courageous. That makes you basic borderline minimum human.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:You're not a monster.Teresa Morris:Yeah, right.Will Wright:So good for you. You know, everybody's, well, I didn't kill anybody. Like that's not a very good metric for whether you're a good person or not. But anyway, so it needs to be firm. It needs to be something that you practice every day. You wake up and you say, I'm gonna be courageous today. If there's an opportunity where I need to practice courage, I'm going to. And then disposition, so disposing ourselves towards the good, which ultimately is God, and being in accordance with natural law and the eternal law.Teresa Morris:Yeah, I think something that is is helpful about the concept of virtue is, you know, what you're saying is that it's a habit. It's a really hopeful view of morality. It's a really hopeful view of building character because it's saying that we have the capacity to improve upon ourselves. So sometimes people are like, well, I'm just not built that way. Or I'm just like not a good person. Or I'm not given when other people are given, which may or may not be true, right? Like we're all given different gifts. We're all given different upbringings that can dispose us to different virtues or not. but the proposal that virtue is a habit inherent in that idea is that you have this capacity to work on yourself and build up this habit. So it's not something that you're just gonna wake up and you're like yeah today I'm gonna be courageous and you're just gonna automatically be that way. It takes practice and it's something that requires intentionality and eventually it becomes our natural mode of being. So spoiler alert for Nicomachean ethics at the end of Nicomachean ethics, Aristotle is asking this question of like, well, how do we even get here, right? That if we can say, here's this list of virtues that we have determined are important to strive for. How do we get from point A to point B? Point A saying, I see that this is a good thing. Point B being this is integrated into my life. And what he says is you have to surround yourself with virtuous people and learn through imitations. So if I find in myself a lack of something where I'm like, I just wish that I was more honest, or I wish that I was more courageous, or I wish I understood chastity better. It's not that I have to white-knuckle my life and just force myself into those things.Will Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:What I should do is I should say, who do I know that lives these well. Who do I know who's really courageous? Who do I know who's really honest? Who do I know who lives chastity beautifully? And I look at how they're living and I just kind of imitate them. It's kind of like how children learn, right? It's like when we're teaching children how to speak, we're like, say, da-da, and then we're trying to get them to imitate it. That's how humans just naturally learn is we're given a model for something and we kind of like act it out until we can do that. So It's, I love the concept of building virtue as a habit because it connects us to community and it says you're not supposed to do this on your own. This idea of becoming a good person isn't solitary. You're not doing this in isolation. You do this by imitating the people around you. And it takes time because habits take time to build and that's okay. It's not something that we should feel discouraged about which I think sometimes in ethics or in just the process of becoming a good person. it's easy to get discouraged because it's like, oh my gosh, I failed again. I woke up and I made this decision to be this way and I missed the mark and virtue ethic says that's okay. Habits take time to build just like anything.Will Wright:And we will mess up. And it's not just about aiming for the good, it's about the reality that God is the greatest good and that we're in a relationship with Him. And so, when we encounter good, whether it's in ourselves or in someone else, we're encountering the spark of the divine, we're encountering the image of God in that. And so, it's not... Like you say, it's not just picking ourselves up by our bootstraps and white-knuckling it. We're not Pelagians. The Pelagian heresy is that we can will ourselves to heaven, that we don't need grace. Well, that's a huge lie. Of course we need grace. But grace builds on nature. It perfects nature, as St. Thomas says. So if that's true, and it is, then by surrounding ourselves with good people, good friends and allowing God to show us to those people. Right? Saying like, Lord, I need better friends. Like lead me to them.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:And then allowing him to sort of put these people in our lives. At least that's been my experiences. I have these people come into my life that I never would have gone out of my way to find. And I mean, even I know we talked about this in Episode One, but like how I met, how I found myself moving from North Carolina to Phoenix was very unexpected. Well, now I know all these wonderful people. And I have a bunch of wonderful friends in North Carolina as well. And it's just beautiful. The Lord has led me through this different pathway and journey. And I know these people have made me better. But in the past, when I've had some friends who didn't always live up to virtue, didn't always have the same orientation as me towards the good and towards what is true and beautiful, I felt myself sliding backwards because I really believe that we can't be stagnant. There is no stagnation. We're either moving forward or we're moving backwards. And that's just a function of the fact that we're alive and in time. Right.Teresa Morris:Right.Will Wright:Right, the good, the virtue. So, right, if we have good friends, they will lift us up, which is what you were saying. And I think there's... lot to be said about grace building on nature and allowing God into that mix. So it's not all or nothing. I think that's kind of what I wanted to get at is for anyone listening who's thinking, okay, well, it's a habit that I need to firmly dispose myself towards. So it seems like I need to put forth effort. But then you're saying, well, it's not something that you just white-knuckle. Well, okay, then how do I do it?Well, I think it's this mystery of synergy. Between God acting and giving us grace and us cooperating and responding to that grace.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm, definitely. And I really like what you said about how the people that you surround yourself with really affect us and that. one of the prayers that we can pray is, Lord, give me people in my life who are going to aid in my flourishing because he wants that for us. And that flourishing is something that was really important for the Greeks, this concept of eudaimonia, which is virtue is oriented towards that, that it's not existing for its own sake, it's not even existing for this consequence in society, it's existing for our own flourishing. And... that we do become like the people we surround ourselves with. Even in social psychology, people talk about how you become like the five people you spend the most amount of time with, which is why it really matters who you choose as friends. It matters who you choose to marry because you're going to become like those people. It's why I love teaching because I want to be like my students. I think that they're wonderful and I want to be more like them for the most part. And so we can't let ourselves be unaffected by the people that we are surrounded by and so that it's possible to change and to become like the people that were surrounded by. IWill Wright:It reminds me that there's a narrative to our lives that God is writing ultimately. And then there's a meta-narrative that we all fit into. There's one true story. One of my friends is a filmmaker and he talks about this a lot, that all good stories exist within the one true story, the story that God is writing, this meta-narrative, which is exactly the opposite of postmodernism. that there actually is meaning and that we can plug ourselves into that. But I've also heard, especially those who follow Carl Jung, especially like Jordan Peterson, for example, talks a lot about how we play this set of games over time. And it's really a rehearsing of behaviors to play the meta game or the meta narrative. And that's how, like what you were talking about with the kids watching. other people and figuring out how to play the game, so to speak. And he doesn't mean that in a cynical way. It's just how do I navigate my life? How do I navigate interpersonal relationships with others in an effective way where I will be flourishing?Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:And that idea of you eudaenomia that you brought up, would it be would it be acceptable in your mind to equate that? And I've made this I'll go ahead and say I've made this case. So feel free to push back. that eudaenomia, that true real blessedness, that true lasting happiness is synonymous with what Jesus is talking about in the Beatitudes.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm. I would say so. And I think ultimately that concept, I mean like everything is fulfilled in the beatific vision, right? That like all of these ideas of happiness, flourishing, excellence are ultimately fulfilled in our experience of an encounter with Christ. And that helps us then having this sense of, oh, this is the ultimate vision for our lives. This is where ultimate fulfillment is coming from. Helps us then. orient all our other actions towards that type of excellence to say like this is this is the primary goal and So it helps order all those other things. So I would say that the Beatitudes are an orientation towards virtue and excellence because it's not just Here's here are the things that you can't do. It's not just a list of behaviors It's an orientation towards goodness and an orientation towards excellence. And I think that's what You can say this about virtue from a philosophical sense, or you could say this about virtue in a theological sense, which I think could be attributed to the Beatitudes, like you're saying, that it's not this question of what should I do, which can be a really stark view of doing ethics or just living your life, of what should I do or what should I avoid? And here's this list of things that I can and can't do, but it's who do I want to be? What type of person do I want to be?Will Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:And I think that's what. eudaenomia offers, I think that's what the Beatitudes offers, it's this proposal for what type of person do you want to be and it's an orientation of the heart and it's an integrated vision of how to act. It's not just I'm going to will this thing and just you know do this because I feel like I have to but it's a movement of the heart towards something good and something excellent.Will Wright:Dr. Peter Kreeft has a brilliant lecture on this, where he talks about the Beatitudes and he brings up the concept of eudaenomia, but he also brings up GK Chesterton's biography of St. Francis of Assisi. And he says that it's the line about coming out of the cave, walking on your hands, seeing the world hanging upside down and understanding dependence when we know the maker's hand, comes from an encounter with God in which we turn all of our expectations on our on its head, which is really what Jesus is saying in the Beatitudes. These are these are nuts, really. first look at them they go, what are you talking about, blessed are to the poor in spirit? I don't want to be poor in spirit, I want to be rich in spirit.Teresa Morris:Right.Will Wright:But what it's saying is no you need to be humble, you need to empty yourself in order to be filled with God. And then he walks through Peter Crave walks through the rest of the Beatitudes and shows how it's an inversion of a lot of the things that we think we want, like conquestTeresa Morris:Right.Will Wright:of nature, freedom from pain,Teresa Morris:Yeah.Will Wright:et cetera. So it's really fascinating. Incidentally,Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:Mumford and Sons the Cave is, you know, that exact line from the Chesterton biography of St. Francis of Assisi, and it's awesome. So go listen to the Cave, everyone.Teresa Morris:it's such a good song. I also thought for the longest time before I read that work by GK Chesterton, that he was talking about Plato's cave, which is my heathen philosophical viewpoint of the world,Will Wright:HaTeresa Morris:Which you can kind of say that it's both, but it really is much more the sense of Christ turns everything upside down and has, you know, this proposal of paradox for the way that Christians should live their life.Will Wright:But why couldn't it be Plato's cave?Teresa Morris:It could be. It can be both, I think. I think they're really, yeah, I mean, you walk out of the cave and you're shocked at how the world looks. You're like, oh my gosh, all these things that I thought were just shadow, like there's actually a real flower. There's a real this. And it feels like the world is upside down because it's not shadow, it's real.Will Wright:Alright, professor, I think it's time. I think we need to take the time rather to explain the cave analogy. Just a little bit, just a little bit, because people listening, I'm sure not everyone has been exposed to this. Not everybody's read the Republic. So what have you got?Teresa Morris:Okay, yeah, so there's this famous analogy in Plato's Republic where the Plato's Republic is trying to determine what it means to be a just person and it's doing that by giving this analogy of what it means to have a just city and a just city is this analogy for a person and in that he talks about uh he gives this analogy of what it means to to live a good life and what it looks like to finally understand what a good life is and to experience it. So that everyone is born into this cave and they're facing the back wall of the cave. So you're just looking at this blank wall and you're in chains and the sun is behind you on the outside of the cave. So everything that you're seeing is just a shadow. So like a dog walks by and you see a shadow of a dog or a tree is growing, you see a shadow of a tree. A bird flies by, you see a shadow of a bird. And that's what you think the world is, because that's all you're ever exposed to. And then at a certain point, someone breaks out and they leave the cave and they go outside and the sun is illuminating everything and they realize, oh my gosh, this thing that I thought was a dog, this shadow is actually a dog, this tree is actually a tree and this bird is actually a bird. And you're experiencing everything in reality and it's so much better and so much more intense than what the shadows were. And that's kind of the experience of doing philosophy is your... experiencing the really real. And so then that person goes back into the cave and they're trying to tell everyone about it and they're like, oh my gosh it's so much better out there, I promise. And you would think everyone would be like, yeah, that sounds great. Let's go. And what they actually do is they say, no, you're crazy. I don't actually want to experience that. And they stay in the cave and they actually end up killing the philosopher. So it's really not a great look for philosophers because it's sort of a sad ending. But it's this idea that reality is worth experiencing, that truth is worth experiencing and encountering, even if you're kind of put to death for it, that it's worth standing for truth, even if everyone around you doesn't think that that's worthwhile. So in the song, the reason when I was first listening to Mumford was actually my freshman year of college when I was first studying philosophy and I heard that song and I was like, this is Plato's cave. It's this experience of walking out of this cave and the world is opposite of what you thought it was. It's so different than what you had thought and it's so much better. than what you had ever dreamed it could be. And that's, I think, life of virtue and truth that can be experienced just through kind of morality and philosophy, but even more so, exponentially more so, is that experience of a life with Christ, where all of these natural inclinations or desires that I have that I could make an argument for justifying and saying, well, I can reason my way to that, this is how I should act. Christ says, sure, but I'm actually going to propose something that might maybe even seem unreasonable to you. That is really crazy. That is, you know, you should totally humble yourself and you, you know, so all these things Christ proposes is this world flipped upside down.Will Wright:Well, and how prophetic in a sense when I'd never thought about it in this context, but Jesus is wisdom incarnate. He is the word. He is the logo. So of course he was put to death, right?Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:He is like, he's coming into the cave and saying, yeah, all those shadows aren't real. Let's have the real thing, which I think you're reading of the cave. The song is very much in line with what St. Augustine would have thought. I mean, he was a big fan of Plato. He saw the world of forms as heaven as being in the mind of God and So How does that this might be a little bit tangential, but I think it's worthwhile How does that transition from that transcendence of Plato to the more eminent philosophy of Aristotle? How do you get from Plato who's the teacher to Aristotle who's the student because there's usually In the sense that you have that famous painting of Plato pointing up and Aristotle pointing down. So what's that about?Teresa Morris:Yeah, I think that Aristotle, you know, Aristotle kind of rejected this concept of the forms that were just participating in these ultimates that Plato really was proposing. And that I think upon an initial reading, in a lot of ways can sound like Christianity in some senses, which is why I think Augustine really took to that. Aristotle was a bit more focused on what does this mean for human behavior. and that he saw a tension between a proposal of absolutes and forms, and that there's a bit of a disconnect between saying here's just these objectives that we're looking at, and he was struggling to find the in-between, this kind of virtuous mean between well you can say that you know there's a there's an objective virtue or there's objective goodness, but what that looks like for an individual person might be different from person to person. So for example, he thought that there was a truth in saying, there's objective goodness, there's objective beauty, but the way that you and I are going to engage with those things is going to be different. So what it looks like for you to be courageous, we can say courageous or being courageous is a mean between. the excess of recklessness and the deficiency of cowardice. But how that's lived out in my life and your life might be different or how you might be courageous in a particular situation is going to need to be different from me. So an example of this is like, if I need to talk to, if I need to be courageous to a boss and I need to stand up for myself in a work setting, what courage might look like for me is going to be different than what it would look like for you in a work setting standing up to a boss. So it might be courageous for me to write an email standing up for myself, whereas for you, that might not be courageous. The courageous thing would be to walk into someone's office and have a conversation. So AristotleWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:saw more of a nuance, whereas Plato was much more hard-lined in these forms and were just participating in these objectives. And Aristotle kind of saw that there was a difference in how those things were lived out from person to person. So I think his sense of human behavior. and looking at individual human behavior and the cultivation of virtue in the individual, kind of accounted for, yeah, the distinct way that people can live their lives in accordance with these objective truths.Will Wright:which we would see as being in accordance with the natural law, which is our participation in the eternal law in reality as it is. SoTeresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:I don't, I don't see a huge gap in retrospect. Like obviously if you're thinking through it as Aristotle, without the light of Christ to fill in the gaps.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:I mean, I could see the, the world of forms, for example, as being in the mind of God, butTeresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:God is simple, like divine simplicity, that he doesn't have parts and pieces and attributes. He is. Period. Right? He is, He exists as essence is existence. So if that's the case, then our participation in those perfections is a participation in reality as God made it. And ultimately in him, because in him, we live and move and have our being. So I think ultimately there their views are reconcilable, at least in my mind, to a large extent, because they show us that there is a standard, there is an objective reality. But then, I don't know, I'm kinda like, I'm thinking through this as we go, but it seems like the way that you explained Aristotle seems very subjective or relativistic. And I know that that's not true. So how would you respond to somebody who maybe is moral relativist at heart, who's who hears what you say and say, see, it's different, it's completely different. So stop trying to compare me to you and there is no standard.Teresa Morris:Yeah.Will Wright:So how would you respond to that?Teresa Morris:Yeah, I would say that there's a difference between when we're talking about goodness in a metaphysical sense, which I think you could say that Plato is kind of, when he's talking about the forms, he's kind of talking more about metaphysics and, you know, what is goodness itself, whereas Aristotle is focused on the cultivation of goodness within a person and that he thinks those two things are distinct and that they're not opposed to each other, but what it looks like to choose the good in terms of action is different than what goodness is. in this metaphysical sense. So he does think that virtue is more than just fulfilling certain roles, or it's just doing what I personally think is good. He does think that it's the acquiescence of a person towards something objective, that there is something outside of myself that I'm trying to achieve. I'm trying to be. courageous or I'm trying to be honest or whatever. And it's something beyond myself that I'm trying to then orient myself towards. So he doesn't think that the individual gets to decide what the virtue is, but that the individual gets to decide how to get there. And so he is in no way saying that society should be composed of individuals who get to determine. what is good or what virtue is because the consequence of that is just moral and coherence in societyWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:that we can't have that and Aristotle is not proposing that. But what he is proposing is that it's not insignificant how an individual's heart and will is formed to be a good person in society. That it really does matter who the individuals are. It's not just follow these set of rules. that it's a transformation of the person. So in that sense, it's subjective because it's a subjective way of living out these objective virtues. But it's not subjective or relative in the sense that you get to determine what that is. It's just that for you, how you're living it out is subjective because you personally have free will and you personally have to choose it.Will Wright:because it pertains to you as the subject. So what's the difference between subjective and relative? Because I feel like these are often conflated,Teresa Morris:they are.Will Wright:usually by people who are not moral relativists, usually people who say there is only objective truth.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:And I met more than one person who claims this. And at first I thought to myself, well, that's absurd. Of course there's subjective truth. But then as we got talking more, I was more and more confused and I wasn't sure of myself and I was like, well, maybe it is just objective truth, but it's objective for you. Like preferences, for example, like is it true that I like pepperoni and bacon pizza? Yes. Is it true that is the only pizza to like? No. So it doesn't matter because for me, I love pepperoni and bacon pizza. And so that seems subjective in that I, the subject like this certain type of pizza. But if somebody else is looking at that and whether they know it or not, if they make that claim, you know, Will likes pepperoni and bacon pizzaObjectively, are they correct? Yes.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:So that seems like an objective truth.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:So I thought that was a pretty darn good argument. I didn't have a response to it. So I'd love to know.Teresa Morris:Yeah.Will Wright:I'm not a philosopher. I'm not an ethicist. So...Teresa Morris:Yeah,Will Wright:what do you say?Teresa Morris:I think that we use the term objective truth way too freely. And I think that there are objective truths and personal preferences being true in the moment isn't an objective truth. We can say right now it is objectively true. that you like your pizza however you like it. But that's not an objective truth because objective truth is unchanging. SoWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:something that is in this moment objectively true isn't an objective truth because that could change. Whereas objective truths are unchanging. So I think weWill Wright:I love that.Teresa Morris:Use that term way too freely. And I think that if we just say, we're going to reserve the term objective truth for things that are unchanging, it actually frees us to then distinguish between things that are. subjective and they can be subjectively true and something can be true and not be an objective truth. So I think that the difference between, so I think that's important. And then the difference between subjective versus relative. Subjective just means it pertains to the subject. So things that pertain to the subject can change, right? My preferences can change. But that's different than saying something is relative. Something is relative just means like It's just relative to the person and there's nothing objective that will ever be responded to. So it's just what's true for you and that's different than what's true for me or what you think is good is fine. You know, what makes you happy or what you think is beautiful or whatever is totally different. It's relative. We don't need to agree. There's no common ground. When we're talking about subjective, I really think that when we speak about the subject, it's a really sacred thing. And this is the philosophy of personalists, the philosophy of JP2. which is that the subject matters, and the subject really matters to God, that it's not just, I'm just an iteration of a human, and I just amWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:an iteration of flesh and blood, and I'm just equally loved and here I am existing, it's that God uniquely loves each of us as subjects. And Augustine actually, I think in some ways, is the first personalist in this sense because he talks about the subjective nature of the mind. that when we recognize in ourselves a desire to know other things, it leads us towards something objective, right? That I crave beauty or I crave truth, and that leads me to something objective. I go towards something else. But when the mind begins to think of itself, it's already arrived at the answer. So there's something subjective there. Nothing else can touch my mind. It's my own. And so the subject just refers to the person, the subject. and the subject can encounter something objective. The subject could choose to be relative, but those two things are totally distinct. That relative is more a concept, if you would think of like relative in relation to other people, thatWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:it's just something I think about in terms of society. Things are relative, we can't agree on anything, and there's no common ground, there's no foundation, where a subject is personal. It's what is my experience. of being oriented towards objective truths.Will Wright:I think a lot of the times we use the term relative in directly when we're talking about morality, that it's moral relativism. So one of the things that you mentioned was that objective truth doesn't change ever. I love that, it's very helpful. So how does that square up? And again, maybe this is tangential to our virtue conversation, but I think, I like it, we're gonna keep going. So how does that square up with like scientific truths? things that are observable in nature. For example, the acceleration due to gravity is such here on earth because of the mass of the earth and yada, right?Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:If we go to a different planet, gravity is gonna be a little different.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:But those are still scientifically observable things if the mass, and really what we're saying is that the force exerted because of mass and the electromagnetic. field and all the other things that go into the, I am not a scientist, so I'm way out of my depth here, but my understanding is that the coefficients related to physics exist in such a way as to hold all things together here, but that in some far-flung part of the universe, those coefficients might be totally different, and they might even change. So it seems like a lot of the things that we observe in nature are subject to change. And of course they are because of like entropy and matter being created, not created, it's neither created nor destroyed, but it's changed. So with all of that change, of course there's gonna be a change in composition and like eventually everything's gonna, I guess explode, I don't know, or just drift further apart and go and be frozen. There's all kinds of different theories, but how do we square objective truth when we're not talking about morality with something like a scientific fact because it seems like a lot of people today being scientific See, you know all these things that we learn by science that's truth that's fact But it based on what you said about objective reality not changing that seems to not mesh up at all if that makes senseTeresa Morris:Hmm. I guess I just would not, maybe this is too simple or reductionistic of an answer, but I just don't have a problem in saying that scientific facts don't need to be categorized as objective truths. And I think it goes back to, I really tend to lean towards saying something is objectively true versus an objective truth. And I just think that perhaps they're just far fewer objective truths than maybe we think that there are. And perhaps all of those things just are things that are true in relation to God, right? That like who he is and who we are in front of him. I am a created being. That's an objective truth. That's never going to change. I am loved by my creator. That's an objective truth. That's never going to change. My creator is love itself. That's never going to change. So I think that objective truths have to do more with the nature of God and who we are in relation to him, whereas scientific facts, we can say, are facts that are currently objectively true. And that leaves room for those things to change. And I think that the tendency to identify those as objective truths is a product of the enlightenment, that the enlightenment really pushes us to only trust things that are proven and to say that something that is proven is an objective truth. And I think you can say, yeah, I can prove that this is objectively true, but that might not be true in 200 years, or it might not be true on Mars. And we can alter those things, right? What has been considered true in science 500 years ago, we're like, oh, shoot, that's not actually true. Or it's true in one circumstance and not in another. Or even just saying, you know, 50 years ago, humans can't survive on Mars. That was an objective truth. And that is going to change where it will be true to say that humans can survive on Mars. And so there's that area of scientific fact. I just don't think that we need to say that those are objective truths. I think we can say some things are objectively true and that leaves room for that to change, but we don't need to make them harden fast eternal truths.Will Wright:No, absolutely. And the reason I brought it up is because I have met so many people who are so entrenched in scientific thought, that they think there really is no other source of truth,Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:which is perhaps a product of the Enlightenment. I think it's even further back than that. But it seems like there's this deep sort of abiding sense that philosophy doesn't matter. And especially metaphysics. I mean, I've spoken to people who I went to college with, for example, who call themselves moral relativists, accept that label. One has a PhD in public health, which I think, you know, like, it would be really important for you to understand philosophy or metaphysics, but he rejects metaphysics. Like he said that in a conversation one day, he said, I don't believe that metaphysics exists.Teresa Morris:HmmWill Wright:I said, well, I don't believe that you exist. Conversation over. No, just kidding. No,Teresa Morris:This is all fakeWill Wright:it was just really hard to wrap my head around that because if we don't have good first principles, if we don't have good philosophical groundings, then there's gonna be things that we see in science where science just becomes completely relative. And I will use thatTeresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:word relative because it says, well, this is what I think. And so I'm just sort of gonna manifest the simulation of that. It'sTeresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:like looking at the wall of the cave and saying there's the reality and the shadows. So these things, like you said, that were created beings that were loved by our creator, those are unchangingTeresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:objective facts. The fact that I'm a man and you're a woman, for example, never going to change. We can try to change it. We can scientifically make all these things. This is why I think that the transgender ideology is so insidious. Is not because. of individual people sort of trying to hoodwink someone. I don't think that's the case at all. I think that they've lost the mooring of philosophy so long ago, I guess not that long ago, 10 years maybe, five, 10 years. But without that philosophical foundation, what's to stop somebody from saying, well, I feel like this, so I'm going to be it. And so I have a lot of compassion for that. I don't have a lot of compassion when it comes to some of the practical concerns that come from, especially related to children, but also adults when it comes to cross-sex hormones and genital mutilation and all these other horrible things that are happening, I think that's inexcusable. But I wonder, because I think this all pertains when we talk about virtue is, how do we approach something like that and push back in a way that's not horribly rude. We don't want to be rude, right? But we also can't back down from something that's important because I've heard a lot of people put it this way. I've heard a lot of people say, well, why do you care so much? You know, it's not it's not you. So what does it matter? And then the other person generally will respond in some iteration of, well, because I care about truth. I just feel like there's something seriously missing from that conversation. There's a huge disconnect between the two.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:So anyway, we're probably gonna get this video pulled off of YouTube, but continue.Teresa Morris:Yeah, well I think that the one of the big pieces that's missing from all of these conversations, whether it's a conversation about morality or scientific advancement or any type of medical intervention or whatever, or just the lack of virtue in general in society, is that we've lost a sense of looking to the telos of a thing. So we have removed this teleological view of the world, which is this question of what is something made for? What is it oriented towards? And when we take that away, then really you do provide this permission to do whatever you want, because you're not oriented towards anything, and you don't know what you're made for. So if we are able to return to this teleological vision of humanity, where we recognize where we are. So even just saying, you know, here we are in 2023, what has worked for morality in the past isn't going to necessarily work today. Like it is okay to say we do need a new vision for how to integrate these objective truths. But the truth of what it means to be human has not changed and what human beings are oriented towards has not changed. But I think we've really lost that. And I thinkWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:I think that was something that the Enlightenment really just rejected was this sense of teleology and you know we're not really oriented towards anything so as long as I can prove that it exists in this moment then that's all that really matters. So this question of what is the goal and what is the purpose of every human being that exists and even to go further and to say that there is a goal and a purpose of every person because some people don't even believe that. And so asking that question first and foremost. And then when it comes to these questions of, you know, medical interventions and transitioning and whatnot, I think it's, you know, some people really are, they really care about truth and the integration of truth in society and the capacity for society to take truth seriously, even just to, you know, be able to put something in front of another person and trust that they're gonna acknowledge that that's there, right, that we've kind of lost this sense of, are we even looking at the same thing? ItWill Wright:Yeah.Teresa Morris:seems like we're not even able to acknowledge that. And that's an important, that's really important to return to a society that can acknowledge that truth exists and that we can agree on it. But also I think perhaps the part that's missing that I think this concept of virtue gives is this sense of, yeah, I care about truth, but I care about my fellow man because we belong to one another. That I'm not an isolated person, I'm made for community, I'm made for relationship. So what is causing an ache in another person, this question of, you know, Who am I? Right? Which is thisWill Wright:Hmm. Fundamental.Teresa Morris:any struggle, right? Yeah, that all of us have this question of gosh, who am I? Am I made for something? What am I made for? I want to know it. And there are all these horrible answers that society gives of, oh, well, maybe if you change this, you'll have this answer and you'll know who you are then. And so I, yes, I care about truth, but I think the deeper response is I really care about the integration of truth in the hearts of my fellow man.Will Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:And I want them to have an answer to this question of who am I and an answer to these struggles. And there is an answer, but what's being proposed to them is so flawed. And if we're able to say, actually this answer is present in your being, thatWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:it's ingrained in your being, you don't need to alter who you are to find this answer that it's already ingrained in your existence. which is a return to metaphysics, I think we would maybe get farther in society because just saying we care about truth, that's good, but it doesn't then look to, okay, but there's still all these people struggling to integrate it. So I think that when we really care about truth, we're also caring about the people who are hearing the truth and able to integrate it into their lives.Will Wright:Well, in a postmodern world where words only have meaning in relation to the words around them, to say, well, I care about what's true, you can have so many providers, whether it's through cowardice or through actually believing this stuff, to say, well, when I have a patient come to me who says that they are actually in point of fact, a man, even though they are biologically a woman, I have to affirm that that's truth. That's their truth. That's what they believe. And so I take them at their word. Now, nowhere in medicine or psychology since its inception have we ever accepted only what the patient says as the criteria for diagnosis, but leaving that aside, and that's a huge problem, but leaving that aside, it's so easy to sort of play this word game. So I think everything you say, I'd absolutely... excuse the pun, I would affirm that. But how do we reintroduce metaphysics into the conversation? Cause I think that's the crux of what you're saying. And I agree. That's what's missing is how do we help people see that there is an objective reality and that things do have an ontological basis in the world. I guess I should, okay, what's ontology? Let's start there. WhatTeresa Morris:Yeah.Will Wright:is an ontological reality? Ontology is one of my favorite words and it's like a will write drinking game with my friends.Teresa Morris:How many? Take a shot every time. Yeah, ontology refers to being. So an ontological view of the world is referring to the being of things. And so the fact that humans are a different type of being than God is, I have a different ontology.Will Wright:and fun words like quiddity.Teresa Morris:so, look at you.Will Wright:I love, I love, I love scholastic terminology. It's fun. Just means..Teresa Morris:It is fun.Will Wright:.. whatness, right? Like what is it? Anyway.Teresa Morris:Yep.Will Wright:Yeah. Super important though. It's cause if we don't know what a thing is, how can we even talk about it? So in a world where the majority, not even the majority, I won't make that claim where a lot of people are rejecting philosophical principles and metaphysics. How can we talk about anything in an intelligent way? So anyway, sorry for that digression, so going back to that first question I asked, how do we reinsert metaphysics back into the conversation in an intelligible way?Teresa Morris:Yeah. Well, what's interesting is like I kind of think metaphysics is sneaking into Social consciousness a little bit if you look at this movement of spirituality You know even just like new age things people are recognizing that there's something beyond the physical going on Even though their answer to that, you know, like astrology or whatever is incorrect There is this desire that people are recognizing in themselves that they're more than just the physical world and that there's something to being human beyond just my physical reality. And I think that's a really beautiful and a really hopeful thing that people are kind of getting into these, really spiritual views of the world. Even if you just look at psychology, psychology is so big right now on how the body retains memories of our experiences. There's something metaphysical to that. where there's something beyond what I'm currently experiencing that my body might be remembering and physically encountering that isn't actually happening to me right now. That's a crazy proposal, but that's in a lot of modern psychology, which just brings us back to this idea that there's something beyond myself. There's something beyond just the fact that I have a body. So I think that... that desire to understand the world in a metaphysical sense, that desire to know that there's something beyond just this is already really present in social consciousness. And I think that's very hopeful. So I think taking that desire, helping people name what that is, right? It's not just like, oh, I want to be able to predict my life three months from now, or I think it's fun to ask people what sign you are. but that there's actually a true desire where that's coming from and saying, name that desire. What is it? What are you really seeking? And once people can name it, then we can kind of start proposing a true response to it. But I think that metaphysics, that view of reality is already sneaking back in. I think you can only stay stuck in a purely materialistic viewpoint for so long before the human... gets tired of it and says, I know there's something more. And so that knowledge and that seeking is already present. And I think that we can just say, okay, yeah, cool. That's great. You're there. You're recognizing this desire. Let's name that and let's orient ourselves to perhaps a more fulfilling answer.Will Wright:Well, even the new atheists who were so popular in the late 90s, early 2000s, like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, have gone completely relativistic at this point. I mean, Richard Dawkins being a quite adept biologist, a horrible philosopher. I mean, the God delusion is full of ridiculous things.Teresa Morris:Oh yeah, it's so bad.Will Wright:My favorite one in that is when he says that, I mean, because I mentioned divine simplicity earlier. He gets God completely wrong because he says, look at all the biodiversity. So God must be the most complex being there is. And it's like, no, you're going the wrong way, homie. You go the other direction. He's the most simple being. And that's just basic metaphysics, but he can't wrap his head around it. But now a lot of the things he's putting out there are just completely relativistic. And so I think you're dead right on that. Like you can't live in that materialist naturalist view without doing severe harm to your mind. And I mean that in a very real sense, I mean that literally. Because if we look, like you were saying with the psychological research recently, there's been a lot of work in neuroscience towards what is consciousness.Teresa Morris:Right?Will Wright:And they've made little to no headway over decades because they never will, because the mind is bigger than the brain, come to find out. So it's fascinating that from a scientific standpoint, it's sort of affirming what we've always held. Like for example, the hylomorphic reality of body and soul, that we are more than just our bodies and that our mind is more than just our brains. It's more than just chemicals firing. Cause with the new age things, I have some students who would wear crystals and things like this. And I had a conversation with one girl one day, If you're listening to this, you know who you are and you know, I love you She was like, well, you know, they give off energy.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:And the girl next to her goes, that's b******t. You know what she said? Anyway, she was like, that's ridiculous. No way. Come on, the rocks. And I'm like, Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. And she was like, well, I feel different when I'm, I feel like there's forces around me that are working on me and doing different things in my life. I'm like, yeah, those might be demons. So can you be careful?Teresa Morris:Yeah, be careful.Will Wright:It's not always demons, but there are supernatural forces at work. Angels and demons do exist.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:Um, you know, God is real and actually trying to reach her heart. Um, so I told her, I said to her that night, uh, I said that night, I want you to go home and I want you to take off the crystals and just ask God to be present to you in a way that you'll understand that's it. And then just, just maybe lie in bed and just be ready to, to listen. And, uh, she came back a couple of days later and, um, We're back in class in his guitar class, so we weren't doing much of anything. And whatever. Anyway, we wereTeresa Morris:Shout out to Guitar Class.Will Wright:it's a great class. They learned so many things about guitar, but it afforded us time to talk. Anyway, so she didn't have all of her crystal stuff on, andTeresa Morris:Hmm.Will Wright:I was like, what? What's going on with that? And she said, well, God talked to me, so I... I think I shouldn't wear these crystal things anymore because they'reTeresa Morris:I guess.Will Wright:probably not good for me and they're probably just rocks. And I said, that'sTeresa Morris:Aw.Will Wright:awesome. But then that led to another conversation about, you know, the Catholic church teaches what is true. And then the girl who was saying that it's ridiculous that rocks have energy was saying, well, I'm only really Catholic because my parents are Catholic. And how do I know that any of this is true? Everybody else has different religious beliefs. But anyway, all of that to say.Teresa Morris:Good question.Will Wright:in these great conversations, what never came up was the idea that God did not exist. What never came up was the idea that the supernatural didn't exist. Well, that's huge. And so, just to affirm what you were saying, I'm seeing that as well, especially with the teens, is that the idea of atheism is just completely foreign to them. Now, whether that's a pseudo-like neo-paganism, or new age stuff, whatever. I find that very optimistic and heartening as well, because the Catholic Church is really good at evangelizing pagans.Teresa Morris:Yeah,Will Wright:It's kind of our thing, it'sTeresa Morris:historically,Will Wright:what we do. SoTeresa Morris:yeah.Will Wright:I think we need to step it up on that. And like you say,Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm.Will Wright:propose the truth, give words to what people are already experiencing. I love that approach. Because if we just keep fighting... I mean, basically we'd be fighting the culture war until we die.Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm. Right.Will Wright:Um, which I'm not sure what you think about this, but I, I find the culture war to be completely tedious.Teresa Morris:Yeah, and largely unaffected. LikeWill Wright:Hmm.Teresa Morris:I think that we're not really making a ton of headway on it. And it's also, it can I think lead to a lot of naval gazing. We can talk about this at a different time, but I think it can become,Will Wright:No,Teresa Morris:we've become out own gods. I think, if we just are like, yeah, our mission in life is to engage in the culture war, it's like, well then that's about me and how I'm. I'm changing the culture and it's not about, am I actually trusting that Christ can transform someone's heart and actually propose Christ to them and not just constantly be battling sets of ideas and whatnot. But yeah, I think it's so true, I found this as well in teaching younger generations that it's so fascinating because I feel like when I was being taught in high school, there was this huge battle against atheistic ideas. And it's just, we don't really have that now. That there really is, they have this sense of there's something beyond themselves and they are very spiritual. And I think that that's, yeah, it's super hopeful. And even the idea that, you know, like she has these rocks, like she wants something. physical like Catholicism understands that too. That's why we have the Eucharist because Christ is like I get that you guys need physical things like you guys really thrive being able to touch something like you're embodied persons and you know God knows that and he doesn't discount that and how he encounters us so even that you know I think there's something sweet in you know people who want to you know be touching crystals and stuff that there's this sense of yeah I'm embodied and my connection to the divine is somehow through something physical too. And the Eucharist gives that response that, yeah, that's okay. That's actually a really beautiful desire and Christ meets that desire. Yeah,Will Wright:The Catholic, uh, thinker, Louis Bouyer, I paraphrasing him because I don't remember the exact quote, but he said that if the church is only invisible, then that's not the church. And I, I love that because it shows just how embodied Catholicism is, whether it's the Eucharist or whether it's sacramentals or beautiful churches, uh, or God awful modernist concrete buildings that still have the mass offered in them. Um, you know, that's showing that embodiment can go both ways, but it's, it's so utterly true that we are body and soul, uh, like Peter Kreeft says, we're in sold bodies or we're embodied souls. Either way you slice it. We have both. Right. Um, he also makes the interesting, uh, sort of a realization that if we are bodies without souls, then we're zombies. And if we're souls without bodies, then we're ghosts.Teresa Morris:It does, yeah.Will Wright:So, you know, I don't want to be a zombie or a ghost. I'd prefer to be a full real life human being.Teresa Morris:Person, yeah.Will Wright:So practically, tangibly living this out, just kind of returning to this idea of virtue as the mean between two extremes. Let's, because we're nearing around an hour. So let's end by walking through practically with a couple of examples, what this would look like. But before we do that, I just want to make one caveat on the theological virtues, because I think that's really, really important distinction for us and a lot of people don't understand this. The theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity are God's life dwelling within us. We receive them as an indwelling in baptism. Before baptism, they're working around us because God is wooing us to the sacraments. He's drawing us to himself, but we receive them in our soul. as an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in baptism and then amplified and elevated in confirmation But those gifts of faith to know the faith to know the things of God what is revealed hope to the sure and certain hope of heaven if we are Friends of God and doing what he says following his commandments as Jesus says and then charity Which is the only one that will remain in the end is the very love of God the glue that holds all things together the ground of being itself Faith, hope and charity are not something that you and I can grow in on our own. We cannot practice them like we do the rest of the virtues. They are a gift to be used or squandered. And the way that we increase in them is by asking for more of them. So if we use those gifts that we've been given of faith, hope and charity well, and we ask God for a greater share in His divine life, and we're living life for virtue, then He'll give us more faith, hope and charity. And this can keep going forever. And this is the growth in holiness. But the other virtues, the cardinal virtues so-called, because cardine means hinge in Latin, so all the other virtues hinge on temperance, justice, fortitude, and prudence. And those four cardinal virtues sort of are something that we can work on. We are able to intentionally enter into them daily, habitually, firmly. Disposing ourselves to the good and working on them and all of the moral virtues Sort of come underneath those. So like for example justice has a sub virtue, which is piety which has another sub virtue, which is patriotism or Love of father and mother so like the cardinal virtues are here and then all the moral virtues sort of branch off from those So I feel like that's super important to just at least mention is the theological virtues. We can't grow in them on our own We receive more of them, we ask for more of them. But when it comes to the cardinal virtues and the moral virtues, let's just walk through a couple of examples of those. So generosity, for example, what would the excess and deficiency of generosity be?Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm. Yeah, so again, like generosity is this mean between two extremes. So it's like this middle ground. So the access of generosity would be, you know, giving way too much of your time, having no boundaries, giving, giving too much of your time or your belongings or whatever. And, and, and yeah, being overly giving the deficiency would be like scrupulosity, like you're not giving anything, you're being stingy. And so you want this middle ground of an adequate understanding of what you can give and giving adequately from that place. One thing I do want to mention, even as I'm talking about this, it's easy to talk about excess and deficiency by saying an excess is too much of something, a deficiency is not enough. But when we're looking at virtue as a mean between these extremes, the mean, it's the same concept as in math where it's an average of something. And if something's an average, you cannot max it out. So you can't actually have too much of an average. That doesn't make sense. So I'm using these terms of like, you're being too generous, you're not being generous enough. But if you're actually virtuous, it's not possible to be too virtuous because you're already in the realm of a mean. So it's actually not possible to be too generous or too courageous or too kind that if you actually are in a place where it's no longer generosity, it's not actually that it's too generous, it's something else entirely.Will Wright:Well, and that goes back to what you were saying about it being a subjective instantiation of virtue, right? That it's going to depend on the circumstances. So to give a little bit more flesh to the generosity thing, if I have $10 that I'm making on a given day and I owe $5 to pay my bills and house my family and I have to pay $2 for food, obviously this is like pre-Biden's America. Um, sorry, was that too political? Anyway. let's say inflationTeresa Morris:Timestamp.Will Wright:before terrible inflation anyway. So $5 for housing, $2 for food, and then I've got $3 leftover and say I give $2 of that to the church for tithing and $1 to feed a homeless person who I see on the way home. That would be well ordered because I'm paying my bills. I'm fulfilling my duties as afather and husband, right? Now, if I'm going home and I, take my $10 and I give all of it to that homeless person I encountered on the way home, that's not generosity. That's that'sfoolish. Thatwould be the deficient. That would be the excess, right? It's nolonger generosity, because I'm actually not fulfilling my duty to my family.Teresa Morris:Right.Will Wright:I'm not paying my bills, which are just I'm not feeding my family, which is my obligation. So I think that that's theright way to look at it is what you're saying is that That's no longer generosity. That's something else entirely.Teresa Morris:Right.Will Wright:That's extravagance in a sense.Teresa Morris:Yeah, which then goes back to this point about what type of person do I want to be? It's not just this set of rules of this is what I should do in these circumstances. It's who am I, right? So if someone is a father and a husband, there are certain duties that come with that. And so it's not just, you know, whereas if that was me, you know, if as a single person, I have more capacity to, you know, give to people in need because I don't have these corresponding duties to the type person that I'm currently called to be. So again, it is the subjective sense of things, but when you're subjectively living it, you have to look at who am I called to be in this moment or in this season of my life and what are the duties that come with that. I think another example that I love giving, which I think is kind of fun is, I think it's Aquinas talks about pleasantness being the virtue corresponding to like playing games. or sports, which I think could also be sportsman-like conduct is sort of the virtue. And so if you have too much of that, if you're in excess, that would be something like being a pushover. You're not actually competing and it's not really fun because you're just letting people walk all over you and you're not really being competitive, you're not trying. The deficiency of that would be something like unsportsman-like conduct or being a bully and your entire goal is just to dominate. and to win and you're not actually engaging in healthy competition. So that's a fun one too if you just think about playing a sport or being in competitions at work or whatever that's fun and you know when it's pleasant and you know when you're like I just don't want to be around this person. This has become something else entirely. We're not actually engaging as persons andit's no longer pleasant because people aren't being, aren't conducting themselves well. So that's also a fun one.Will Wright:Yeah, there's a lot of moral virtues. There's actually quite a few. So we can go through 18 of these and still not be done. So I think we've kind of hit the main points. But as a kind of final thought, I would just say, you know, because there's so many, we can't intentionally focus on all of them.So what's the best strategy to grow in virtue? Because it needs to be something that's intentional. We're striving for excellence. But we also don't want to go to the access of even that, right? Of wanting to grow in virtue. This idea of, I guess that would be fortitude, maybe even prudence, temperance. Really it's all of them, justice.Teresa Morris:Two million.Will Wright:I mean, all the cardinal virtues come into play in what I'm suggesting here. So what's a, what's a practical way that we can move forward in a life of virtue?Teresa Morris:Mm-hmm. One of the things I always talk to my students about when I'm first introducing this idea because it can it can seem either overwhelming or super exciting where you're like, oh my gosh Yeah, I really want to be a virtuous person and then it can become sort of a self-help thing where it's like I got to change my whole life and you know, I'm gonna be I'm gonna dominate I'm gonna be like the best virtuous personWill Wright:Be the best version of yourself... Sorry... Hate that phrase. Anyway, we're not talking about that right now. I feel like every conversation video I'm dunking on some famous Catholic person. I'm sorry, Matthew KellyTeresa Morris:We l

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Glenn feels many of our problems stem from not understanding our founding documents enough. So, to help us know what rights we have, Glenn goes through the history of the Declaration of Independence, starting with Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," and what was cut from the original draft compared to the final draft, as well as the text's real meaning. Glenn goes through the type of tyranny that forced the Founding Fathers to create the Declaration of Independence and the parallels happening in Biden's America and proves once and for all how most states wanted to ban slavery with the Declaration of Independence. Glenn dives farther into the true history of slavery in America, a battle of two Americas, and how the long struggle to abolish slavery was accomplished. Glenn and Stu discuss the bag of cocaine found in the White House and the possible owner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests: Dr. Everett Piper discussing the on-going culture war in America; Newt Gingrich: 'March to the Majority: The Real Story of the Republican Revolution'; Dr. Naomi Wolf: Uncovering Pfizer's depopulation agenda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Things in Biden's America keep getting worse, yet for tens of millions of ordinary Americans, no alarm bells are going off. The culprit: Normalcy bias, which allows people to see the status quo as "normal" now matter how much it would horrify their grandparents, their parents, or even themselves just a few years ago. Plus, FBI whistleblower Garrett O'Boyle describes the rot inside the FBI, where it comes from, and how bureaucratic tyrants have tried to destroy his life and livelihood for stepping out of line.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Enjoy this bonus episode where Professor Giordano joins John Solomon and Amanda Head on Just the News, Not Noise to discuss the push in academia to erase the American identity, and how those that do the right thing in President Biden's America get punished.   More Information If you enjoyed this episode and found it useful, please give The P.A.S. Report Podcast a 5-star rating and take 30 seconds to write a review. Make sure to hit the follow button so you never miss an episode. Please share this episode on social media and with your family and friends. Stock up on all your survival needs and visit 4Patriots. 4Patriots champions freedom and self-reliance. Use code PAS to get 10% off your order. Don't forget to visit https://pasreport.com.  *PA Strategies, LLC. may earn advertising revenue or a small commission for promoting products or when you make a purchase through any affiliate links on this website and within this post.

Glenn lays out what an authoritarian government looks like when it controls everything, including the military, the money and markets, and the media. Glenn looks at some articles speculating why Fox and Tucker Carlson parted ways and uses his experience at Fox News to test their accuracy. Former investment banker and author Carol Roth joins to discuss her latest op-ed for TheBlaze, in which she exposes the Biden administration for destroying the middle class. Glenn previews his latest Wednesday Night Special, revealing all the "conspiracy theories" that turned out to be true. “Pray America Great” author Donica Hudson shares why we need to rededicate America back to God and how the “Declaration of Covenant” event, which Glenn is speaking at, can help. Glenn reveals how Woodrow Wilson's dream of an administrative state has come true in Biden's America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where are all the moms going to go for free Wi-Fi when McDonald's closes all its locations? The largest fast food chain has announced layoffs in Biden's America, telling their employees to work from home for a few days while they make the cuts. Then, Howie shares some local news in one of the wokest states in the nation. Tune in!

As perversity, sexuality, and degeneracy saturate Biden's America, Savage looks to the Rock of Ages. Both the delight and the plague of sexual desire are included in the ancient text: Gender, sex in old age, orthodox law, modesty, and more. How do we deal with sinful thoughts as depravity reigns? And can we trace America's decline to the Sexual Revolution? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emma Foley joins the show to report on Ernest "Yo Pesci" Johnson's sentencing this morning in Boston. Yo Pesci was the last in Vincent "Fatz" Caruso's gang to be sent to prison for connection to a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Then, listeners call in with the latest cases of inflation and shrinkflation in Biden's America. This week, cereal and cat food top the list!

Inflation won't come down as Joe Biden keeps touting his big spending agenda; we still have no clue why the military keeps shooting down random objects in the sky; and Nikki Haley declares a presidential run.Click here to join the member exclusive portion of my show: https://utm.io/ueSEj- - - DailyWire+:Get 40% off DailyWire+ annual memberships and gain access to movies, shows, documentaries, and more: https://bit.ly/3lfVtwK Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Today's Sponsors:Black Rifle - Get 10% off coffee, coffee gear, apparel, or a Coffee Club subscription with code SHAPIRO: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ExpressVPN - Get 3 Months FREE of ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/benPolicyGenius - Get your free life insurance quote & see how much you could save: http://policygenius.com/SHAPIRO Jase Medical - Get a discount on your Jase Case. Use code ‘BEN' at https://jasemedical.com- - -Socials:Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53 Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inflation won't come down as Joe Biden keeps touting his big spending agenda; we still have no clue why the military keeps shooting down random objects in the sky; and Nikki Haley declares a presidential run. Click here to join the member exclusive portion of my show: https://utm.io/ueSEj - - -  DailyWire+: Get 40% off DailyWire+ annual memberships and gain access to movies, shows, documentaries, and more: https://bit.ly/3lfVtwK  Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw  - - -  Today's Sponsors: Black Rifle - Get 10% off coffee, coffee gear, apparel, or a Coffee Club subscription with code SHAPIRO: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ ExpressVPN - Get 3 Months FREE of ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/ben PolicyGenius - Get your free life insurance quote & see how much you could save: http://policygenius.com/SHAPIRO  Jase Medical - Get a discount on your Jase Case. Use code ‘BEN' at https://jasemedical.com - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grace welcomes Jess Machado of WBSM's Jessica Machado Show to discuss being a mother in Biden's America. From sky-high grocery prices to Leftist infiltration in schools, Jess has had it up-to-here with Democrat power. Jess also shares the latest in local politics, which she follows very closely, including upcoming mayoral elections and the new MassGOP Chairwoman.

Cleveland's Bob Frantz fills in for Sebastian to discuss how Attorney General's in progressive major cities are making the justice system less resistant to crime and the plan to weaken law enforcement.Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Wednesday's Mark Levin Show, Rich Valdes, Host of America at Night, fills in for Mark Levin. We should always discriminate against bad ideas because our civil society depends on it. It's about good ideas versus bad ideas, and if Mitch McConnell and AOC think something is good it's probably the opposite. Labeling concerned parents as domestic terrorists and driving up the national debt with a massive spending bill are also bad ideas. We need to listen to the words of Ronald Reagan and be a good citizens and patriots. The American way is not only to speak against the bad ideas, but to be advocates for the good ideas. Then, it pays to not work in Biden's America, which explains why so many businesses cannot get workers back on the job three years after the COVID pandemic. Welfare programs in many states provide more money and benefits than most middle-class jobs. Also, the FBI is firing back about its involvement with Twitter and defending working with Twitter, calling people conspiracy theorists pushing misinformation if they criticize the FBI. This is the FBI's canned response saying this is how they've always worked, and this is the same of all branches of government that exercise power of American citizens when they have no authority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/19/2022): 3:00pm- On Monday, the House's January 6th Committee voted to recommend the Department of Justice (DOJ) charge former President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection on January 6th, 2021—as well as several other federal crimes. As the New York Times notes, the DOJ does not have to act on the committee's recommendations. 3:30pm- During the January 6th Committee's final public meeting, Rep. Bennie Thompson accused Donald Trump of summoning an angry mob to the U.S. Capitol and telling them to “fight like hell” before directing them to enter the building. 3:40pm- Dr. E.J. Antoni—Research Fellow for Regional Economics in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent New York Post editorial, “It Pays Not to Work in Biden's America. And Here's the Proof.” Dr. Antoni writes, “[t]here are many reasons for the worker shortage, but one is that in many states, welfare pays more than or nearly as much as respectable middle-class jobs…New Jersey is a state where a family can earn the equivalent of $100,000 a year if both parents are collecting unemployment benefits and ObamaCare subsidies for health care.” Read the article at: https://nypost.com/2022/12/18/it-pays-not-to-work-in-bidens-america-thanks-to-welfare-benefits/ 4:00pm- The House's January 6th Committee has voted to recommend the Department of Justice pursue criminal charges against Donald Trump for inciting his followers—but what does this mean for political speech? Trump never explicitly called for destructive protests. Could other politicians potentially be criminally punished for distasteful rhetoric?  4:35pm- While interviewing Texas Governor Greg Abbott on ABC, journalist Martha Raddatz stated that she has never heard Biden say the border is open but bizarrely accused Abbott, Donald Trump, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of repeatedly saying the border is open—ultimately suggesting the three men are encouraging illegal migration.  4:40pm- On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre referred to claims that the U.S. Southern border is open as “misinformation” being spread by smugglers and human traffickers. She refused to state whether the Biden Administration supported the court ordered end of Title 42—but, as one White House reporter noted, didn't the Administration initiate the legal challenge that led to the discontinuation of Title 42? 4:50pm- What's the worst Christmas song? Unsurprisingly, Rich hates anything performed by Bruce Springsteen. Meanwhile, Matt expresses his disdain for “The Christmas Shoes”—who wants to be bummed out on Christmas? 5:00pm- According to a report from CNBC, “porch pirates” stole an estimated 260 million packages in 2021. 5:10pm- The Washington Examiner reported that emails discovered via a Freedom of Information Act request have revealed that in private Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested a "lab leak" could be responsible for the origins of COVID-19—though, he simultaneously dismissed the theory as a conspiracy while speaking publicly.  5:20pm- According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Biden Administration from ending Title 42. The decision halts a lower court's order to end the Trump-era border policy.  5:40pm- Twitter Files- Part 7: In a series of tweets on Monday, author Michael Shellenberger revealed “[h] ow the FBI & intelligence community discredited factual information about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings both after and before The New York Post revealed the contents of his laptop.” Ben Zeisloft of The Daily Wire writes, “the FBI also paid Twitter more than $3.4 million for their ‘legal process response,' apparently referencing the time Twitter executives spent coordinating with the agency.” 6:05pm- On Monday, the House's January 6th Committee voted to recommend the Department of Justice (DOJ) charge former President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection on January 6th, 2021—as well as several other federal crimes. Will Merrick Garland and the DOJ follow the committee's recommendation?  6:35pm-Philadelphia Eagles Offensive Linemen Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata, and Lane Johnson are releasing a Christmas album, “A Philly Special Christmas.” While several songs are currently available for purchase/download, the full album is set to be released on December 23rd. All proceeds will go to the Children's Crisis Treatment Center in Philadelphia.  6:45pm- Despite record breaking voter turnout in Georgia's run-off election, as well as record setting early voter turnout in a midterm election, Senator Raphael Warnock strangely continues to insist his state is plagued by voter suppression. Is he denying the results of his own reelection??? 6:50pm- Washington Post writer Taylor Lorenz was temporarily suspended from Twitter for her history of doxing—but she found no sympathy on TikTok.  

In this episode, Dinesh continues his review of the midterm election results. Dinesh raises the question of whether ordinary Democrats like living in Biden's America. Dinesh examines results out of New York that have proved decisive in the GOP takeover of the House. Dinesh and Debbie make the argument that the voters cared more about certain issues that weren't highlighted in the polls, and make the case for making elections more secure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.