The band is back together this week as James Lileks, Jonah Goldberg, Mickey Kaus, and John Hinderaker discuss everything from how to handle rude emailers, using obscure Star Trek references to describe the President, ponder whether Mickey Kaus is a closeted Tea Partier, an insider on Pawlenty’s chances in 2012, and a better than decent Nixon impersonation from a most unlikely source. All links discussed in the show (including the explanation of the name of episode) may be found in the podcast discussion thread at Ricochet.com.

Now, here’s your patented Ricochet Run Down™:
00:00 – Open Chat with James Lileks
06:15   – Jonah Goldberg
31:05 – Mickey Kaus
49:40 -  John Hinderaker
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We talk Turkey with Claire Berlinski, baseball with Ursula Hennessey, and California and national politics with Mike Murphy. Plus we answer member questions and ponder a certain candidate’s future. All this and more on this week’s Ricochet Podcast. Join the conversation at Ricochet.com or write us at podcast@ricochet.com.

Run Down:
00:40  No bull, it’s Claire Berlinksi live from Istanbul
22:20 Rob, Peter, and Claire discuss the  South Carolina politics, Sarah Palin, and the elections results from around the country.
26:57  Ursula Hennessey joins to discuss her family, the non-perfect game, and why we should care about the World Cup.
1:05:20  Mike Murphy on Meg Whitman’s landslide victory, Republican prospects for the fall, and the future of our favorite Democratic politician.
1:25:20 Wrap Up

From Palo Alto, Oaklahoma City, Washington DC, the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Instanbul Turkey, to The Republic of Georgia, we go totally global this week. But enough about us, here’s our new and improved and by popular request Ricochet podcast index:
0:00 to 9:45  Peter and Rob chat
9:45 to 21:23  Mickey Kaus on his quixotic run for US Senate in California as he battles the unions and pension funds.
22:50 to 37:10  Matt Continetti on his travels to the Republic of Georgia.
39:50 to 1:06:34    Claire Berlinski from and on life in Istanbul. Key phrase: 7 cats.
1:09:30 to 1:33:33  Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour talks about oil in the gulf and catfish in Central Park.
1:33:35 to End    Wrap Up

From Hawaii to New York State, the Ricochet Podcast goes coast to coast this week as we talk to Ricochet contributor Heather Higgins about her role in helping to elect Republican Charles Djou in Hawaii. That’s right, Hawaii. Then Col. Chris Gibson joins us to discuss the state of his race in NY’s 12th district, and his inspiring vision for the country’s future. Finally, Rob reveals his secret career as a political voice over artist and a third world columnist.

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“A Tri-Partisan Three-Way”

A March Madness super-size edition of the podcast and why not? It’s the return of Mark Steyn and we greet him with three amazing guests: Ricochet contributors Heather Higgins on heath care and the huge price she expects Democrats to pay for passing it, Victor Davis Hanson talks about the middle class and the real risk of California going down the tubes. Finally, we’re joined by our first Democrat, Mickey Kaus, newly announced candidate for the Senate and all around entertaining guy. Listen as Peter, Rob, and Mark helpfully give him some unsolicited campaign advice. Also, Mark Steyn reveals the true story of a particularly uncomfortable encounter involving himself, Barbara Boxer, and Strom Thurmond. Yikes. Questions? Comments? Fan us on our Facebook page or write us at podcast@ricochet.com.

Because nobody who’s anybody reads the The New York Times these days, except the die-harders and dead-enders along West End Avenue, as well as the editors of Time and Newsweek, you may not know who “Clueless” Clark Hoyt is, but it really doesn’t matter because he doesn’t know who you are, either.  For those scoring at home in their pajamas, Mr. Hoyt is the “public editor” of the Times, i.e. the hapless fellow who has to write those tedious Sunday reports to the readers, in which he explains why whatever the Times did was right and whatever they didn’t do… well, hey, they didn’t know about it!  What do you think they are, a “newspaper of record” or something?

Some editors told me they were not immediately aware of the Acorn videos on Fox, YouTube and a new conservative Web site called BigGovernment.com.  When the Senate voted to cut off all federal funds to Acorn, there was not a word in the newspaper, although a report in the Caucus blog that day covered the action. When the New York City Council froze all its funding for Acorn and the Brooklyn district attorney opened a criminal investigation, there was still nothing.

Well Mr. Hoyt, welcome to the world of the “undernews” – Mickey Kaus’s apt word for the news that everyone in the blogosphere knows about but, apparently, no one who gets his news strictly from the Times, other major newspapers, the newsweeklies, and most of the networks has the slightest inkling of.

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