Bill Kristol

Hello and welcome to the Bullwork Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. It is a Memorial Day. We're working. We're going to have an abbreviated show for you, and it's Monday, so that means I'm here with Bill Kristol. How are you doing, Bill? Fine, Tim. How are you? Did you get to barbecue or anything? Any grandkids? A little bit.

Hello and welcome to the Bullwork Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. It is a Memorial Day. We're working. We're going to have an abbreviated show for you, and it's Monday, so that means I'm here with Bill Kristol. How are you doing, Bill? Fine, Tim. How are you? Did you get to barbecue or anything? Any grandkids? A little bit.

Are you an intense sports grandfather? Like, are you shouting at the field?

Are you an intense sports grandfather? Like, are you shouting at the field?

Are you an intense sports grandfather? Like, are you shouting at the field?

I think that's a sign of mental illness. Even for a parent. I don't even watch that for Major League Baseball, right? I think it's okay to not know the result of every swing, you know, every ball and strike. Anyway, well, we have some very unserious Memorial Day thoughts. I thought it's nice, I will do the honor as well here on the pod, Adam Kuyper and our

I think that's a sign of mental illness. Even for a parent. I don't even watch that for Major League Baseball, right? I think it's okay to not know the result of every swing, you know, every ball and strike. Anyway, well, we have some very unserious Memorial Day thoughts. I thought it's nice, I will do the honor as well here on the pod, Adam Kuyper and our

I think that's a sign of mental illness. Even for a parent. I don't even watch that for Major League Baseball, right? I think it's okay to not know the result of every swing, you know, every ball and strike. Anyway, well, we have some very unserious Memorial Day thoughts. I thought it's nice, I will do the honor as well here on the pod, Adam Kuyper and our

folks at the bulwark.com, you know, to bring a little bit of seriousness to Memorial Day. So it's not just talking about Donald Trump and his speech to the army cadets about trophy wives and Alphonse Capone, you know, to talk about what the traditionally the point was of Memorial Day. We've got Oliver Wendell Holmes, his 19th century anniversary speech, really about the civil war.

folks at the bulwark.com, you know, to bring a little bit of seriousness to Memorial Day. So it's not just talking about Donald Trump and his speech to the army cadets about trophy wives and Alphonse Capone, you know, to talk about what the traditionally the point was of Memorial Day. We've got Oliver Wendell Holmes, his 19th century anniversary speech, really about the civil war.

folks at the bulwark.com, you know, to bring a little bit of seriousness to Memorial Day. So it's not just talking about Donald Trump and his speech to the army cadets about trophy wives and Alphonse Capone, you know, to talk about what the traditionally the point was of Memorial Day. We've got Oliver Wendell Holmes, his 19th century anniversary speech, really about the civil war.

veterans, where he talked about why Memorial Day is kept up. And he said, "...it celebrates and solemnly reaffirms from year to year a national act of enthusiasm and faith and embodies in the most impressive form our belief that to act with enthusiasm and faith is the condition of acting greatly to fight out a war. You must believe something and want something." with all your might.

veterans, where he talked about why Memorial Day is kept up. And he said, "...it celebrates and solemnly reaffirms from year to year a national act of enthusiasm and faith and embodies in the most impressive form our belief that to act with enthusiasm and faith is the condition of acting greatly to fight out a war. You must believe something and want something." with all your might.

veterans, where he talked about why Memorial Day is kept up. And he said, "...it celebrates and solemnly reaffirms from year to year a national act of enthusiasm and faith and embodies in the most impressive form our belief that to act with enthusiasm and faith is the condition of acting greatly to fight out a war. You must believe something and want something." with all your might.

So you must do to carry anything else to an end worth reaching. I guess that is kind of the element that makes it challenging, you know, to monitor the Donald Trump speeches, right? About whether there actually is a greater thing that we are reaching for rather than just, you know, whatever, American muscle porn. I don't know if you have any deep thoughts about that on the Memorial Day holiday.

So you must do to carry anything else to an end worth reaching. I guess that is kind of the element that makes it challenging, you know, to monitor the Donald Trump speeches, right? About whether there actually is a greater thing that we are reaching for rather than just, you know, whatever, American muscle porn. I don't know if you have any deep thoughts about that on the Memorial Day holiday.

So you must do to carry anything else to an end worth reaching. I guess that is kind of the element that makes it challenging, you know, to monitor the Donald Trump speeches, right? About whether there actually is a greater thing that we are reaching for rather than just, you know, whatever, American muscle porn. I don't know if you have any deep thoughts about that on the Memorial Day holiday.

But yeah, for sure. I mean, I do think, you know, it's probably not the moment to, to rehash, you know, all of our complex feelings about the, you know, neocon American greatness agenda. But there's something to be said for the fact that like, in contrast with what Donald Trump offered in Saudi Arabia,

But yeah, for sure. I mean, I do think, you know, it's probably not the moment to, to rehash, you know, all of our complex feelings about the, you know, neocon American greatness agenda. But there's something to be said for the fact that like, in contrast with what Donald Trump offered in Saudi Arabia,

But yeah, for sure. I mean, I do think, you know, it's probably not the moment to, to rehash, you know, all of our complex feelings about the, you know, neocon American greatness agenda. But there's something to be said for the fact that like, in contrast with what Donald Trump offered in Saudi Arabia,