interview with Ayaan Hirsi Alivia The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Hoover Institution fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks with Detective Chris Boughey about honor killings in the United States. Detective Boughey describes the 2009 killing of Noor Almaleki by her father. He explains the role the family plays during honor violence cases and the reasons behind honor killings.
Hoover Institution fellow Shelby Steele says that the that the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial did not change the debate that America is systemically racist. Steele says keeping victimization and racism alive is the Democrat’s way of holding onto power.
What to make of elite universities with scant conservative representation in their faculty ranks; mankind’s tendency to dwell on the negative; plus the question of whether this is indeed the best time to be alive? Harvard cognitive psychologist and best-selling author Steven Pinker joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster and John Cochrane to make the case for optimism in this time of the “Great Awokening.”
Hoover institution fellow H. R. McMaster says that President Biden withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan is repeating the mistake that was made with the complete withdrawal from Iraq in December 2011. McMaster says it is a complete fantasy to think we are going to be able to partner with the Taliban against terrorist because al-Qaeda and the Taliban are completely intertwined.
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the Joe Biden who never was, the death of Officer Sicknick, Biden’s determination to upset the peace Trump handed him, Maxine Waters’ riot mongering, the declining role of religion in America, the stale immigration dreams of George W. Bush, and the highs and lows of General Douglas MacArthur.
