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Host Dennis Leap and special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Charles Krauthammer’s essay titled “September 11, 2001.” They discuss Krauthammer’s justified anger with the U.S.A.’s weak response to the horrific terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Host Dennis Leap with special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Charles Krauthammer’s prescient essay “Cold War Nostalgia.” The flaw Mr. Krauthammer saw with 1993 liberal politicians is still alive and is being fully exposed today.

Host Dennis Leap and special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Charles Krauthammer’s prescient essay “Cold War Nostalgia.” The flaw he saw with 1993 liberal politicians is still around and fully exposed today.

In this hourlong special, host Dennis Leap celebrates completing over 200 podcasts with his favorite picks from four years of broadcasting.

In this straightforward essay, Mr. Krauthammer discusses the “perils of bilingualism.” Host Dennis Leap, with guest Deborah Leap, discuss America’s political struggle to declare English as the official language. The Democratic left considers it racist to do so.

In his tongue-in-cheek essay “The Appeal of Ordeal,” Charles Krauthammer takes us deep into his thinking about the “human propensity to test the worthiness of a thing by seeing how well it stands up to abuse.” Host Dennis Leap, with guest Deborah Leap, finish discussing the essay, commenting on Krauthammer’s view of the ordeal of survivorship and the ordeal of lessons learned.

In his tongue-in-cheek essay “The Appeal of the Ordeal,” Krauthammer takes us deep into his thinking about the “human propensity to test the worthiness of a thing by seeing how well it stands up to abuse.” Host Dennis Leap continues his discussion of Krauthammer’s reflection over people’s willingness to prove themselves by running a marathon, and he begins a discussion of the ordeal of culture elite.

In his tongue-in-cheek essay “The Appeal of Ordeal,” Mr. Krauthammer takes us deep into his thinking about the “human propensity to test the worthiness of a thing by seeing how well it stands up to abuse.” Host Dennis Leap focuses on Krauthammer’s reflection over people’s willingness to prove themselves by running a marathon.