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Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster

H.R. McMaster and former Ambassador Ho-Young Ahn discuss the daunting challenges South Korea faces with North Korea’s nuclear and missile ambitions and China’s political and economic aggression. South Korea’s relationship with Japan is increasingly strained due to historical grievances as South Korea-U.S. relations are complicated due to anti-alliance sentiment among a vocal minority of South… Read more Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster

US Sec of Defense James Mattis on Uncommon Knowledge

In his first televised interview in almost a year, Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis sits down with Peter Robinson to discuss a wide range of issues facing the United States Armed Forces at home and across the globe. Earlier this year, Secretary Mattis published the National Defense Strategy, the first such document in a… Read more US Sec of Defense James Mattis on Uncommon Knowledge

The Speech That Defined a Presidency

Pat Sajak interviews Peter Robinson on writing the “Tear down this wall” speech Thirty years after Ronald Reagan’s famous denouncement of the Berlin Wall, Peter Robinson reflects on writing the Brandenburg Gate speech and why it was so important to include the now memorable words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Pat Sajak, host of… Read more The Speech That Defined a Presidency

Thomas Sowell on Uncommon Knowledge

Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sowell discusses inequality and how it is part of the human condition. Sowell notes that political and ideological struggles have led to a dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography,… Read more Thomas Sowell on Uncommon Knowledge