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Glenn Loury (
Manhattan Institute
,
Brown University
) and Matt Johnson (
How Hitchens Can Save the Left
)
How Matt first encountered Christopher Hitchens
.
0:00
Matt’s new book,
How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment
.
6:07
Why Matt thinks Cornel West’s Vietnam-Afghanistan analogy is flawed
.
8:00
What’s worth preserving in the left-liberal tradition?
.
14:21
Matt: Identity politics is a “toxin”
.
21:38
Was affirmative action ever necessary?
.
27:20
Matt: I wish the left would rediscover Hitchens’s universalism
.
35:39
Hitchens’s “fearless liberalism”
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45:04
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Matt’s new book,
How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment
Hitchens’s NYRB review of Douglas Murray’s
Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas
Hitchens’s book,
Why Orwell Matters
George Orwell’s book,
Keep The Aspidistra Flying
Glenn’s recent conversation with Cornel West
Matt’s
Quillette
essay on John Mearsheimer
Matt’s
Quillette
essay on Bayard Rustin
Jonathan Eig’s
King: A Life
Nathan Glazer’s book,
Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy
Roland Fryer’s NYT oped, “How to Fix College Admissions Now”
Glenn’s debate with Hitchens
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s
Atlantic
essay, “The Case for Reparations”
Bayard Rustin’s 1965
Commentary
essay, “From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement”
Norman Finkelstein’s book,
I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Come to It!: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom
Glenn’s conversation with Norman Finkelstein
The Glenn Show | Jul 22, 2023 | Glenn Loury & Matt Johnson
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