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Riley & I are huge fans of National Review’s Jim Geraghty, who had great success with his recent book, “The Weed Agency“. I’ve been reading Jim for most of the decade that he’s been writing at National Review, first at The Kerry Spot and more recently at The Campaign Spot. An...

Jillian Melchior wears many hats. She writes for National Review as a Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow for the Franklin Center. She's a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. And she's a Blankley Fellow at the Steamboat Institute. Somehow she found time in her schedule to join the show to discuss her recent reporting trip to Eastern Europe...

Following Thursday's turmoil in the House, Riley & I checked in with National Review political reporter Joel Gehrke to find out the latest on the search for a new Speaker. Joel told us Rep. Paul Ryan is seen as the one man who can garner support from most, if not all, factions of the Republican caucus. Bu...

A fight is underway is the House over who will replace John Boehner as Speaker. Then there are questions about who takes over the remainder of the leadership positions if, as expected, Kevin McCarthy moves up from his Majority Leader post. National Review's Joel Gehrke joined the show this week to try to fill in the blanks and explain all the players involved in the story...

Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review joined the show this week to discuss Hillary Clinton's continued email problems and the rise of Donald Trump in the Republican primary. You can read more here on why he believes Hillary Clinton wiping her email server clean matters more than it might seem...

We continue to keep out eye on the what-soon-will-be 17 candidates for the Republican nomination for President. This week we turned attention to former HP executive and announced candidate Carly Fiorina. Fiorina has slowly been climbing in the polls and I've been very impressed with the interviews and appearances she's made on TV and on the radio...

If you've been watching any coverage of the Baltimore riots, chances are good you've seen Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke giving his opinions on the police response to the violence. Who is David Clarke? And why has he become such a prominent voice on matters of policing and crime...

National Review's Brendan Bordelon joined us on the show this week to discuss the recent Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Iowa. Which potential GOP candidates impressed evangelicals and which disappointed? Brendan told us despite low poll numbers at the moment, Louisiana Gov...

It's been a month or two since we caught up with Eliana Johnson, Washington Editor of National Review, on the show. With one candidate officially in the race and two others appearing to be days away from taking the plunge it was time to talk again...

It's an exciting time on the program, as one of our favorite guests has a new book on the way. In fact, it's the debut from Charles C.W. Cooke, who's a writer at National Review and a graduate of the University of Oxford, at which he studied modern history and politics...