In this episode, Larry O'Connor is joined by Tom Baker, 33-year veteran of the FBI and author of the book, 'The Fall of the FBI: How a Once Great Agency Became a Threat to Democracy.' They discuss the startling transformation of the FBI, its current challenges, and the potential implications for democratic institutions and civil liberties.

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Behind the Badge: The Undetected Transformation of the FBI | Larry O'Connor with Tom Baker

With the end of commencement season, it is worth considering what advice a generation of youth more in need of sober and serious advice than at any other time in our history should hear.

Professor Jonathan Haidt has pointed out, having given our children smartphones, we are now engaged in the largest uncontrolled experiment humanity has ever performed on its own children.  Major corporations now spend billions of dollars. Their primary mission? Getting as many children as glued to screens for as long as possible.  Humanity is being stolen from our youth. At great costs and great prices.

Former Senator and university president Ben Sasse, diagnosed with cancer, expected to die this year, is giving every audience he can his final lessons about life. 

It is as beautiful as it is selfless. 

Watch his 60 Minutes interview. 

Everything we need to know about life, and how to live meaningfully, is there. His main concern? “These super devices in our pockets that have distracted us from some of the most fundamental human activities and aspirations of life.”

With the end of commencement season, it is worth considering what advice a generation of youth more in need of sober and serious advice than at any other time in our history should hear.
Professor Jonathan Haidt has pointed out, having given our children smartphones, we are now engaged in the largest uncontrolled experiment humanity has ever performed on its own children.&nbsp; Major corporations now spend billions of dollars. Their primary mission? Getting as many children as glued to screens for as long as possible.&nbsp; Humanity is being stolen from our youth. At great costs and great prices.
Former Senator and university president Ben Sasse, diagnosed with cancer, expected to die this year, is giving every audience he can his final lessons about life.&nbsp;
It is as beautiful as it is selfless.&nbsp;
Watch his 60 Minutes interview.&nbsp;
Everything we need to know about life, and how to live meaningfully, is there. His main concern? &ldquo;These super devices in our pockets that have distracted us from some of the most fundamental human activities and aspirations of life.&rdquo;

Seth Leibsohn: As Commencement Season Closes

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It’s commencement season again—another class of young Americans heading out into the world. But one statistic says a lot about what they’re leaving behind: at top universities this year, left-wing speakers outnumber others six to one on commencement stages.

That lack of viewpoint diversity point to something deeper: An intellectual climate marked by intolerance and conformity, not curiosity and debate.

There was a time when a college degree signaled that a student had learned how to think—and had encountered the ideas that shaped the Western tradition. Today, that’s no longer a safe assumption.

Too often, higher education has become dominated by a narrow ideological framework, with too few faculty willing—or able—to model real intellectual rigor.

The result is predictable: universities that once fostered inquiry now too often enforce orthodoxy.

That’s not education. It’s indoctrination.

It&rsquo;s commencement season again&mdash;another class of young Americans heading out into the world. But one statistic says a lot about what they&rsquo;re leaving behind: at top universities this year, left-wing speakers outnumber others six to one on commencement stages.
That lack of viewpoint diversity point to something deeper: An intellectual climate marked by intolerance and conformity, not curiosity and debate.
There was a time when a college degree signaled that a student had learned how to think&mdash;and had encountered the ideas that shaped the Western tradition. Today, that&rsquo;s no longer a safe assumption.
Too often, higher education has become dominated by a narrow ideological framework, with too few faculty willing&mdash;or able&mdash;to model real intellectual rigor.
The result is predictable: universities that once fostered inquiry now too often enforce orthodoxy.
That&rsquo;s not education. It&rsquo;s indoctrination.

Carol Platt Liebau: Depriving Our Students of the Diversity That Matters

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As we watch the president navigate the ongoing interactions with the remaining leadership in Iran, it’s worth reminding ourselves: President Trump has done hundreds of deals. He also walked away from probably three times as many deals.

The thousands of commentators with little to zero knowledge of negotiations are just guessing.

Here’s what we know:

First: President Trump has the crucial experience, and:

Second: the D Team in Iran doesn’t.

No president in 47 years has dealt Iran blows like this. President Trump isn’t going to trade massive leverage for the approval of states that aren’t our allies.

President Trump is very good at the close. He's not going to get taken. He's walked away from a lot of tables. If it's a bad deal or the Iranians do the bait and switch deal, he will walk away again and I hope combat would resume. But right now, we just don't know.

 

I just don't think the president is going to get fooled.

As we watch the president navigate the ongoing interactions with the remaining leadership in Iran, it&rsquo;s worth reminding ourselves: President Trump has done hundreds of deals. He also walked away from probably three times as many deals.
The thousands of commentators with little to zero knowledge of negotiations are just guessing.
Here&rsquo;s what we know:
First: President Trump has the crucial experience, and:
Second: the D Team in Iran doesn&rsquo;t.
No president in 47 years has dealt Iran blows like this. President Trump isn&rsquo;t going to trade massive leverage for the approval of states that aren&rsquo;t our allies.
President Trump is very good at the close. He's not going to get taken. He's walked away from a lot of tables. If it's a bad deal or the Iranians do the bait and switch deal, he will walk away again and I hope combat would resume. But right now, we just don't know.
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I just don't think the president is going to get fooled.

Hugh Hewitt: Trusting Trump

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Behind the Badge: The Undetected Transformation of the FBI | Larry O'Connor with Tom Baker

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