What does the Constitution really say about the most controversial policy decisions of the present day? What arguments against Obamacare have potential in court, and which are DOA? Constitutional law experts Richard Epstein and John Yoo joined us to discuss
The U.S. economy grew incredibly from 1983 to 2008. And then it all collapsed. What happened? Nobel Prize winning economist and University of Chicago professor Gary Becker weighs in on the state of the US economy. He gives the Bush
Our latest guest is British Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan, who came to wide acclaim for his stripping down of then Prime Minister Gordon Brown: “The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money
President Obama seems to think that every global policy problem is a result of misunderstanding, miscommunication, or mixed signals perpetuated through the Bush presidency. If we could just get the world to like the United States, Obama argues, these problems
Margaret Thatcher nearly singlehandedly restored Britain from its cradle-to-grave welfare state to a thriving economy. She believed that the socialism of her day was incompatible with the strong, productive, self-reliant, moral citizens she wanted the British people to be, and
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour joins the program to discuss his background and political career (he’s only the second Republican governor of MS since Reconstruction), the current political climate (“unprecedented power in the federal government”) and how he was one of
Statistically, Harvey Mansfield should be a raging liberal. He’s been at Harvard since 1949. In 2008, 93% of Harvard faculty political contributions were to Democrats. At Yale in the same year it was 94%. While it is no secret that
Always a popular guest, Dr. Thomas Sowell returns to the show to discuss his latest book, Dismantling America. The book’s focus is wide ranging, as is the discussion. To take one example, Dr. Sowell questions whether most people understand what
Our latest guest is Ambassador Charles Hill, former advisor to Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Schultz. Mr. Hill claims that US Presidents over the past two decades have been completely inept in foreign policy. Bush 41 and Clinton
On the latest episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, Rob Long and Mark Steyn reflect on speeches given by Ronald Reagan and discuss their relevance today. Reagan argued that the beginning stage of socialism is when the state gets
All warfare is intertwined with politics in some way. But in our latest edition of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter Robinson talks with acclaimed author Sebastian Junger (famous for The Perfect Storm) about the experience of war. Beginning in 2007, Junger embedded
Barack Obama promised during the 2008 campaign to end partisan politics. Although Obama as President has governed with staunch partisan vigor, he has continued to deplore the politicization of American politics as a terrible failure. Underneath that sentiment, Uncommon Knowledge‘s
The debate over Arizona’s immigration law is a topic du jour in the United States, but immigration and other demographic phenomena may have already sealed a terrible fate for Europe. Mark Steyn discusses everything from Lady Gaga to the astonishing
Is it time to eliminate America’s large naval fleet? Did Donald Rumsfeld get it right with an emphasis on small, fast, and flexible? Naval Postgraduate School professor John Arquilla joins Victor Davis Hanson to discuss these questions and more in
Nothing in this world is certain, except death and taxes. And war. At least according to Victor Davis Hanson. In VDH’s first 2010 appearance on Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, he shares the thesis of his latest book with us,
What will the newspaper industry look like in 10 years? 20? On Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, CEO and chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch tells us about the foreseeable future of print journalism, including whether a media bailout would
Uncommon Knowledge host, Peter Robinson, sat down recently with Dr. Thomas Sowell to discuss the impact of intellectuals on society. [youtube d2tUhMJ_hfg nolink]
As an ongoing feature at Big Government, the Hoover Institution’s Uncommon Knowlege, with Peter Robinson, will continue posting clips from its current interviews, as well as from many of it’s greatest shows from the past: [youtube d2tUhMJ_hfg nolink] While the
Is environmentalism the new socialism? In this installment of “Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson” Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus goes after Al Gore and the political expediency of the anthropogenic global warming movement: [youtube sxDqbHdTGUk nolink] Watch out for these
