Listen now (33 mins) | Batya Ungar-Sargon is the opinion editor of Newsweek magazine. She’s the author of the new book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women, which I reviewed for City Journal
This was a great interview. I will get the book. My only complaint is the same as other interviews Aaron has done. What’s the church’s role in all of this? These are all policy solutions, but where is the discussion of most important thing?
Paul, with the podcast I try to get a wide range of guests, including mainstream figures. It's less of a religious podcast, though I did just record one with Hillsdale Historian Miles Smith about the exvangelicals.
Aaron, as I am about to turn 70 and have watched the change in the nation and the world, serving in the Army across the country and the world, all of these policy solutions while maybe important in the immediate are transient. Our theology is what drives us (even atheists have a theology) and therefore you cannot separate “religion” from any subject. Ignoring that fact not only contributes to the negative world you have described, but is a shallow discussion of any issue.
But, if the guest is not prepared to discuss what the church should do about an issue, I don't think an effective interviewer would push the interviewee to discuss it.
Fair enough, but at least the question should be raised. If the guest is not equipped or does not want to discuss it that's fine. But as Aaron points out we live in a negative world and what contributes to it is the absence of the discussion of God and religion. For example, I am a big fan of apocalyptic movies and TV series. But what have I noticed throughout the years is there is almost never a discussion of what the church is doing during these events. By eliminating the discussion - it eliminates the thought.
This was a great interview. I will get the book. My only complaint is the same as other interviews Aaron has done. What’s the church’s role in all of this? These are all policy solutions, but where is the discussion of most important thing?
Paul, with the podcast I try to get a wide range of guests, including mainstream figures. It's less of a religious podcast, though I did just record one with Hillsdale Historian Miles Smith about the exvangelicals.
Aaron, as I am about to turn 70 and have watched the change in the nation and the world, serving in the Army across the country and the world, all of these policy solutions while maybe important in the immediate are transient. Our theology is what drives us (even atheists have a theology) and therefore you cannot separate “religion” from any subject. Ignoring that fact not only contributes to the negative world you have described, but is a shallow discussion of any issue.
But, if the guest is not prepared to discuss what the church should do about an issue, I don't think an effective interviewer would push the interviewee to discuss it.
Fair enough, but at least the question should be raised. If the guest is not equipped or does not want to discuss it that's fine. But as Aaron points out we live in a negative world and what contributes to it is the absence of the discussion of God and religion. For example, I am a big fan of apocalyptic movies and TV series. But what have I noticed throughout the years is there is almost never a discussion of what the church is doing during these events. By eliminating the discussion - it eliminates the thought.
I don't understand her claim that steel tariffs apparently didn't lead to higher prices of steel, but also somehow saved American steel jobs.