Damon Linker
Special guest
Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a consulting editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press, a former contributing editor at The New Republic, and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.
Damon Linker has been a guest on 108 episodes.
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Should Never-Trump Republicans Vote Straight Democrat in November?
July 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
2020, china, dhs, donald trump, policing, portland, riots
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bret Stephens joins the usual crew to address the federal invasion of Portland and other cities, Trump's saber-rattling toward China, and how to punish the GOP for its descent into Trumpism.
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Who's Worse: The Left or the Right?
July 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
bari weiss, city journal, covid, journalism, manhattan institute, power
On this week's Bulwark podcast Beg to Differ, Sol Stern joins to discuss the strange transformation of City Journal. The group also tackles the Bari Weiss imbroglio and Joe Biden's policy announcements.
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The Deep State and Other Lies
July 10th, 2020 | 56 mins 36 secs
cancel culture, debate, deep state, discourse, free speech, immigration, schools, scotus, taxes, usmca
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, David Frum joins to discuss his new book "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy.” The group then analyzes cancel culture, the Harper's letter, and Trump's war on immigrants.
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If The Election Were Held Tomorrow
June 26th, 2020 | 57 mins 51 secs
and toppling statues., domestic unrest, on this week’s beg to differ, strategist mike murphy joins to discuss some amazing poll numbers
On this week’s Beg to Differ, strategist Mike Murphy joins to discuss some amazing poll numbers, domestic unrest, and toppling statues.
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Bolton, DACA, and 2020
June 19th, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
daca, john bolton, lbgt, scotus, supreme court, textualism, voice of america
On this week's edition of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Adam J. White joins the usual crew to discuss the John Bolton revelations, the Supreme Court and Textualism, and gutting of Voice of America.
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George Floyd, Robert E. Lee, and Harry Potter
June 12th, 2020 | 59 mins 52 secs
black lives matter, cancel culture, confederate statues, ny times, police reform, qualified immunity, unions
On this week’s Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Clark Neily of the Cato Institute joins the group to answer the question: Is police reform really that hard? Also up: the NY Times, confederate statues, and more.
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"Battlespace"
June 5th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
constitution, criticism, george floyd, military leaders, police, protests, trump, trumpism
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Anne Applebaum joins the usual cast to discuss how history will judge those complicit with Trumpism, the protests and unrest as a result of the death of George Floyd, and the criticism of President Trump by former military leaders.
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Hong Kong Squeezed. Minneapolis Burns.
May 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
2020, china, hong kong, minneapolis, veepstakes
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Patrick Chovanec joins the usual cast to discuss China’s crackdown on Hong Kong, the agony of Minneapolis and the veepstakes.
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“Obamagate” Follies
May 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
2020, campaigns, joe biden, michael flynn, obamagate, veepstakes
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Tim Miller joins the usual cast to discuss the fake "Obamagate" conspiracy, Michael Flynn, Biden's veepstakes, and whether his basement strategy is paying off.
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Barring the Doors of Justice?
May 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
anthony fauci, bill barr, covid-19, donald trump, mike flynn, supreme court
On this week’s Beg to Differ podcast, AEI’s Adam White joins the panel to ponder Bill Barr’s bona fides, untangle the Flynn case, analyze the Supreme Court’s oral arguments, and chew over the right's demonization of Anthony Fauci.
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Still No Plan
May 8th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
#reopen protests, 2020, covid-19, donald trump, elections, inspectors general, joe biden, justin amash, senate, seniors, track and trace, trump coalition
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, A.B. Stoddard joins regulars Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss the next phase of COVID-19 bumbling from the White House, the #ReOpen protests, the 2020 race and down ballot elections, and whether the Trump coalition is eroding.
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Does it Matter if Tara Reade is Not Credible?
May 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
2020 election, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, drug supply, economics, joe biden, tara reade
On this week’s Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Scott Lincicome rebuts some myths about the drug supply, and the whole crew addresses COVID, the economy, and those Tara Reade allegations.