House of Strauss HoS: Charles Fain Lehman Bans Sports Betting
We talk around it a lot on HoS but writer Charles Fain Lehman has just come out and said it: He thinks the legalization of sports betting is bad and wants it reversed. Plenty have expressed misgivings, but this man has actually staked out a position.
I’m not sure anyone is as prominent in America’s burbling anti-vice movement as Charles is currently, so I wanted to get his perspective. How bad is sports gambling and will there ever be a public appetite to bring back prohibition? I found this talk fascinating and hope you will too. Topics include but aren’t limited to…
* Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married result in an actual baby boom?
* What’s the legalization of sports betting done to society?
* Rank the young male vices in terms of damage: sports betting, porn, weed
* Do porn and weed use curb criminality?
* Did the American public want this sports betting legalization?
* How popular is sports betting with the American public?
* Would young men vote to protect access to sports betting and/or porn?
* Charles’ thoughts on Richard Hanania’s Do We Need Sports Betting to Get to Mars? Maybe theory
* Charles writes a lot about psychedelics but refuses to do any
* Charles and I are both skeptical of ayahuasca shamans
* Is alcohol use a net negative or net positive for society?
* Zoomers are anti weed?!