Hour 3: Arthur Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and former President of the American Enterprise Institute. HIs new book is From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.

Stories:

Putin Begins “Military Operations” in Ukraine
The media goes into full “sky is falling mode” even as details are very sketchy. Will update in the morning.
www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-shifts-to-war-footing-tells-citizens-to-leave-russia-11645616181

Hour 3: George Friedman, Founder and President of Geopolitical Futures.

Stories:

Friedman on Putin and Ukraine
This part of Ukraine is heavily Russian so it’s easy for Putin to move in. What about the rest of the country?
bit.ly/3s9NaUi

Hour 3: Ultimate Issues Hour

Stories:

Putin Orders Troops into Eastern Ukraine
But not clear whether troops have moved yet. The whole thing is lunacy. Are the Russian people up for this nonsense?
www.wsj.com/articles/russia-alleges-ukrainian-incursion-kyiv-says-moscow-makes-up-fake-incidents-11645453512?mod=hp_lead_pos1

Hour 3: Open Lines

Stories:

Recalled School Board Member: It’s White Supremacism
What else could it be?
www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-recall-school-board-member-white-supremacy

Hour 3:

Stories:

WSJ: The Woke Get a Wake Up Call
In San Francisco. You were a day ahead of the Journal.
www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-school-board-recall-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-faauuga-moliga-11645041783?mod=opinion_lead_pos3

Hour 3: Will Witt, co-host of the Will and Amala podcast at PragerU. He’s just returned from a European tour.

Stories:

WSJ: Seattle Is the Wild West
The criminals, not the police, are in charge.
www.wsj.com/articles/why-thieves-love-seattle-law-and-order-police-city-council-11644854985?mod=hp_opin_pos_6#cxrecs_s

Hour 3: Ultimate Issues Hour

Stories:

Here’s a link to David Friedman’s Book
I’m sure it’s compelling.
https://www.amazon.com/Sledgehammer-Breaking-Brought-Peace-Middle/dp/0063098113/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1644901233&sr=8-1

Hour 3: 11:30 Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist for the WSJ. His new book is The Black Boom.

Stories:

Rams Win the Super Bowl
Can’t say I care. But some people do.
www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2022-02-13/super-bowl-2022-la-rams-cincinnati-rams-nfl

Hour 3: Open Lines

Stories:

WSJ: We Have a Serious Inflation Problem
What do you think is going to happen when you throw gasoline (Biden’s trillions) onto a fire (an economy coming out of a forced lockdown)?
www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-haunts-the-biden-economy-federal-reserve-consumer-price-index-11644531980?mod=hp_opin_pos_1