AT The Glenn Show this week and I discuss whether another Harlem Renaissance is possible in the 21st century, and whether the advent of Black Studies has made that more or less probable!
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3) Three things one can't say (about racial disparities) without getting one's head chopped off...
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2) On the necessity of "putting one's head on the chopping block," so to speak.
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1) What one can learn from the UK's Nigerians
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This week's full conversation at The Glenn Show with physicist and climate alarmism skeptic Steven Koonin is now available to the general public:
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This powerful 5 minute speech from should go far and wide.
One of many highlights from the excellent conference on race at Cambridge last week, organised by 👏👏👏
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This week at The Glenn Show I interview climate skeptic and distinguished physicist Steven Koonin about his book, "Unsettled..." Here in short compass is his basic case against climate alarmism:
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I'm excited by the prospect of teaching a short course on race and inequality in America at UATX next summer!
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This summer we’re gathering courageous scholars, leaders, and entrepreneurs to discuss the great human questions of our time.
June 18–24 & June 25–July 1. Dallas, TX.
Join us: uaustin.org/forbidden-cour
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3) Koonin reflects on the interrelationship between science and politics.
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2) Koonin draws parallels between the uses of science in the climate change and the COVID pandemic debates.
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1) Koonin explains why he thinks the threat of climate change has been overstated
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At the Glenn Show this week I interview distinguished physicist and climate skeptic Steven Koonin about his book, "Unsettled...", which questions the consensus view about the science of climate change. Here are three clips. See the full conversation at
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This beautiful essay by in the Manhattan Institute's City Journal, recalling the visions of Ralph Ellison and Constance Rourke about American national identity, is a fitting gift to our country as we celebrate the life and work of MLK:
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In this excellent conversation with Andrew Sullivan I preview some of the themes in my forthcoming memoir, "The Enemy Within". Enjoy!
Glenn Loury On Being A Minority Within A Minority on cc
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I enjoyed and learned from this a well-organized conference in the UK, where they also follow the Glenn Show!!
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What do we know about progress in racial equality and the disparities that exist? Munira Mirza is chairing the discussion with @GlennLoury @Miss_Snuffy Lord Tony Sewell and Paul Johnson #TTCG
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My home university's alumni magazine just discovered that one of the country's leading conservative voices (me!) is on their faculty! I've been there since 2005!
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What's wrong with racial affirmative action?
It's a tragically insidious corruption.
We're creating a world where the very goal of genuine racial parity will become impossible because racial preferences lock-in the inequality that it purports to remedy.
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Here is an animated version of my CASE FOR BLACK AMERICAN PATRIOTISM, in all of five minutes, courtesy of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR for all):
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Heather Mac Donald, , here gives a rousing call to arms on behalf of defending Western civilization against the barbarians at our gates, starting at 8:30.
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3) An economist explains to a political philosopher that although market prices can't to be taken as statements about the intrinsic worth of the goods being traded (including labor) nonetheless, as a general rule, they should be allowed to guide our resource allocation decisions.
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2) Can the rise of Donald Trump in 2016 be understood to have been a political consequence of what Michael calls "meritocratic hubris"?
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1) Michael's theory of "contributive" justice explained.
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The Harvard ethicist/political philosopher Michael Sandel is my guest this week at The Glenn Show (glennloury.substack.com) to discuss his book, The Tyranny of Merit. Here are 3 clips to whet your appetite for more. (Paying subscribers have early access to the full conversation.)
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I'm proud to report that one of the great ethicists of our time, Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel, joins me in conversation at The Glenn Show this week to discuss his book, The Tyranny of Merit. Here's a 10 minute clip:
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This interview and Q&A that I did at Claremont-McKenna last spring is scintillating: slavery-1619 project; capitalism v. socialism; American exceptionalism; race and IQ. It's an hour + of deep reflections on race in America, and it's worth your time:
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I am delighted to inform you that 2022 has been a year of The Glenn Show's success and growth, at YouTube and Substack. Our podcast and newsletter are attracting attention and making waves. Here is a succinct report from creative director, :
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Talking with and at The Glenn Show about the corrupting effects of "race talk" in American politics today, I ask whether the real problem isn't the way woke WHITE elites promote racial justice/DEI narratives. Greg responds:
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3) What's wrong (if anything) with asking somebody where they came from?
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2) Why are many elite prep schools reluctant to allow black conservative voices to be heard in their classrooms?
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1) Is Claudine Gay qualified to become President of Harvard University?
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Paying subscribers ($6/mo. - $50/yr.) at glennloury.substack.com get to submit questions each month which prompt some responses from and me. Please consider joining us. To whet your appetites, here are three 2-minute outtakes from December's responses.
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3) So, you want "Deracialization Now," do you? Then, why not start at the root of today's race-obsession, i.e. with the woke, white cultural left? Why are you addressing your race-abolitionism arguments to black people?
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2) Why should we see ourselves as "blacks"? As the great philosopher Leo Strauss once put it, in answer to that question put to the Jews: We maintain our identity so as to honor our forebears. Why is something like this not also true for black Americans?
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1) Avoid red herrings: Adopting a "race" narrative and embracing a victimization posture are completely different things.
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At this week's Glenn Show (GlennLoury.Substack.com) and I engage culture critic/entrepreneur in critical dialogue inspired by his essay, "Deracialize Now," calling for abandoning concepts of "race." Here in three clips I rebut that argument:
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3) Where I find courage...
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2) why "race" matters...
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Hamish MacKenzie, co-founder of Substack.com, interviewed me recently. We discussed:
1) why I'm pessimistic about our political discourse these days;
2) why "race" matters so much to me personally; and
3) where I find courage to stand apart the crowd.
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