Kevin

It isn't some terrible policies. It's that for two generations, our institutions have deteriorated. And they've deteriorated because they have stopped cultivating a sense of self-governance in Americans. They've stopped cultivating a sense of truth for that matter. And that goes directly to your point about this presidential campaign being one that I think came down on the issue of common sense.

It isn't some terrible policies. It's that for two generations, our institutions have deteriorated. And they've deteriorated because they have stopped cultivating a sense of self-governance in Americans. They've stopped cultivating a sense of truth for that matter. And that goes directly to your point about this presidential campaign being one that I think came down on the issue of common sense.

In fact, the Trump-Vance campaign could have, as early as August, just run campaign ads that said, just trust what you see with your own eyes. Boys are boys. Girls are girls. And you can go on and on and on. Or the economy. Trust what you're paying at the grocery store as being a problem. But that's connected to the Second American Revolution idea because...

In fact, the Trump-Vance campaign could have, as early as August, just run campaign ads that said, just trust what you see with your own eyes. Boys are boys. Girls are girls. And you can go on and on and on. Or the economy. Trust what you're paying at the grocery store as being a problem. But that's connected to the Second American Revolution idea because...

Just briefly, permit me to play historian for one moment. In the 1760s and early 1770s, British colonial officials in the then colonies were telling American colonists, oh, no, it's not a problem that you have to go get a stamp which cost you a couple of pence. That's not a problem. That's not the empire imposing our will on you. And they scratched their heads and said, no. The heck it isn't.

Just briefly, permit me to play historian for one moment. In the 1760s and early 1770s, British colonial officials in the then colonies were telling American colonists, oh, no, it's not a problem that you have to go get a stamp which cost you a couple of pence. That's not a problem. That's not the empire imposing our will on you. And they scratched their heads and said, no. The heck it isn't.

Of course it is. This isn't uniquely American, but that just skepticism we have about elites, whether it's in the 1770s or in the 2020s, is natural to us. And it is glorious to see it being reanimated right now.

Of course it is. This isn't uniquely American, but that just skepticism we have about elites, whether it's in the 1770s or in the 2020s, is natural to us. And it is glorious to see it being reanimated right now.

I name names in the book. I talk about the New York Times, which I think is largely a den of liars. But they're really in microcosm, which is a perfect example of the legacy media writ large. And part of a common sense presidential campaign is more Americans realizing they should stop getting their news from places like that. There are many others, especially in Washington.

I name names in the book. I talk about the New York Times, which I think is largely a den of liars. But they're really in microcosm, which is a perfect example of the legacy media writ large. And part of a common sense presidential campaign is more Americans realizing they should stop getting their news from places like that. There are many others, especially in Washington.

but also name an organization that I'm not only fond of, but as I write about in the book, was instrumental in my overcoming some difficulties in my family when I was growing up in Louisiana, and that's the Boy Scouts of America. I'm a very proud Eagle Scout. I would not be the person I am without the leadership and virtue lessons I learned from Boy Scouts of America.

but also name an organization that I'm not only fond of, but as I write about in the book, was instrumental in my overcoming some difficulties in my family when I was growing up in Louisiana, and that's the Boy Scouts of America. I'm a very proud Eagle Scout. I would not be the person I am without the leadership and virtue lessons I learned from Boy Scouts of America.

Therefore, it was one of the great... civic tragedies when the Boy Scouts of America, of all organizations, decided to go down the path of the woke mind virus. And now it's not even called the Boy Scouts of America. Nothing against girls, obviously. I'm a dad of three girls. But this is also a war on men, which is against common sense. So they just need to go away. They're not salvageable.

Therefore, it was one of the great... civic tragedies when the Boy Scouts of America, of all organizations, decided to go down the path of the woke mind virus. And now it's not even called the Boy Scouts of America. Nothing against girls, obviously. I'm a dad of three girls. But this is also a war on men, which is against common sense. So they just need to go away. They're not salvageable.

The New York Times is not salvageable. But the institutions or the category of institutions I really hone in on are K-12 schools and universities. I love public schools, but the system as it's currently structured and funded must be totally reformed.

The New York Times is not salvageable. But the institutions or the category of institutions I really hone in on are K-12 schools and universities. I love public schools, but the system as it's currently structured and funded must be totally reformed.

I hope that they're salvageable because this promise that we make to American schoolchildren that regardless of where they come from and how much money their family has or doesn't have, that we're going to give them the opportunity for the best education in the world. The public school system isn't delivering on that. And also universities.

I hope that they're salvageable because this promise that we make to American schoolchildren that regardless of where they come from and how much money their family has or doesn't have, that we're going to give them the opportunity for the best education in the world. The public school system isn't delivering on that. And also universities.

I was at Ivy League College recently as part of the book tour. I was grateful to be there. It was a mixed audience ideologically of students on the left and the right. By the way, all of them were not only respectful, but just wonderfully engaging intellectually. Good to hear. But I went to the hotel room after that and I called my wife and I told her, she said, this is shocking.

I was at Ivy League College recently as part of the book tour. I was grateful to be there. It was a mixed audience ideologically of students on the left and the right. By the way, all of them were not only respectful, but just wonderfully engaging intellectually. Good to hear. But I went to the hotel room after that and I called my wife and I told her, she said, this is shocking.