Conservatives in the Post Trump Era

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i think the problem is we're not in the post trump eraehe hasn't gone anywhere. And until we actually ina post troper i think you're going to continue to see the disarray that you, you curly, there's just civil war going on right now among among conservatives. I'm not convinced that trump really cares about the future of the republican party or the conservative movement. He's doing what is in his own self interest right now. It'll be interesting, as a journalism, aone writes aloud about politics, to see how this olas ultimately plays out.

Shermer speaks with Jason Riley about Maverick — the first-ever biography of Thomas Sowell, one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, Sowell has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many readers but have also enraged fellow intellectuals, the civil-rights establishment, and much of the mainstream media. The result has been a lack of acknowledgment of his scholarship among critics who prioritize political correctness.

Shermer and Riley discuss: Riley’s documentary on Sowell; Sowell’s philosophy that “there are no solutions, only trade-offs”; mismatch theory and affirmative action; race and IQ; why Riley thinks liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed; political correctness; BLM, antiracism, reparations; charity and welfare; income inequality and UBI, and much more…