Ep. 9.11.19: Competition: In Praise of Giving Every Kid A Trophy!

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This Week’s Discussion:

 

We examine our competitive natures. We take it as a given in this country that competition is good, but could our reverence for it prevent us from identifying it as a source of many of our ills? I confess to being a convert in support of the give-every-kid-a-trophy ideal, and wonder why it took me so long to come around.

Also, much of the big news of the week. Walmart and other retailers take embarrassingly-small baby steps regarding guns. President Trump's third, and longest-serving, National Security Adviser is fired. Or did he quit? (Someone may be telling the truth here.) We examine the legacy of John Bolton. The President again demonstrates that he is likely the nation's number one security threat who cannot be trusted with sensitive information; did he out a crucial CIA asset? The President brandishes a sharpie and thus shows his supporters he can control the weather. The latest Trump comedy of lies reveals too much about his values and his respect for truth. And the latest in gerrymandering, and musings on whether democracy can come to America.

 

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