Beg to Differ with Mona Charen

How Do We Know What's True?

May 28th, 2021 | 57 mins 53 secs

book, constitution of knowledge, crime, democrats, facts, jonathan rauch, republicans

Jonathan Rauch discusses his new book The Constitution of Knowledge and joins for a discussion of the threat of crime to Democrats' political health.

Three Cheers for Moderation

May 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins

compromise, congress, gaza, insurrection commission, israel, january 6, moderation, palestine

Brink Lindsey discusses his essay on the importance of moderation. The group also addresses the January 6 commission and the Gaza conflict.

Cheney Out; Births Down; Ranked Choice Voting In?

May 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins

birth rates, elise stefanik, house gop, liz cheney, political dysfunction

A.B. Stoddard returns to talk about hope for reducing our political dysfunction. Group also addresses the birth dearth and Liz Cheney's fate.

Cheney: Too Honest for the GOP

May 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins

biden, education, free daycare, gop, liz cheney, republican party, voter id

David French helps the panel diagnose the GOP's sickness. The group also talks about voter ID and the Biden daycare plan.

FDR Redux?

April 30th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins

american society, class, first 100 days, president biden, race, speech, spending

E.J. Dionne helps the panel unpack Biden's first 100 days, plus, racial and class messaging.

Reading the Riot Act

April 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins

anti-riot laws, democrats, derek chauvin, george floyd, gop, libel, minnesota, riots, slander

Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy) joins to discuss the anti-riot laws in several states, whether libel law should be upended, and the Chauvin verdict.

Don’t Pack the Court

April 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins

afghanistan, court packing, police violence, president biden, scotus

AEI’s Norm Ornstein joins to discuss police violence, court packing, and Afghanistan.

On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics.

Will Biden Bucks Defeat Culture Wars?

April 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins

church membership, gop, infrastructure, president biden, spending, working class

Bret Stephens joins to consider the latest multi-trillion dollar spending bill, the GOP workers' party strategy, and the decline in church membership.

Report Card

March 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 37 secs

china, economics, new deal, pandemic, president biden

George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China.

Build Biden Better

March 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins

border policies, child allowance, covid-19, filibuster, immigration, joe biden, stimulus, taxes

The Niskanen Center's Samuel Hammond joins to discuss improving Biden's child allowance and border policies. Plus: eliminate the filibuster?

Is There a Trapdoor in the Recovery Plan?

March 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins

border, budget, covid-19, debt, deficit, elections, immigration, inflation, politics, recovery plan, spending, working class

AEI's Desmond Lachman analyzes the inflation risk in our gargantuan spending and loose money policies. The panel then considers the border crisis and the GOP's outreach to the working class.