It Could Have Been Worse: Kim Strassel And Ross Douthat Review 2021

It’s the last show of the year for Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, and as is our tradition (for the last two years, anyhow), we’ve invited two of our favorite journalists —Ross Douthat of the New York Times and Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal— to look back, discuss, and analyze the year that was. We delve, discuss, and predict politics, the law, COVID, the future of Roe v. Wade, and much more.

Recorded on December 13, 2021

To view the transcript of this conversation, click here.

Cast

Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat

Kimberley A. Strassel

Kimberley A. Strassel

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