01:00 Why Are People So Emotionally Invested In Trump’s White House Renovations? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164461
05:00 Democrats in Uproar Over Trump’s White House Renovations, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhtwH_WYFx8
19:00 Left loses its mind over Trump’s ballroom, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27LCqYzXX_U
28:00 Trump Slams “Third Rate Reporters” Criticizing His Ballroom As Democrats Decry East Wing Demolition, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTfDa2WR2P0
37:00 How Do You Touch The Face Of God?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164528
43:00 The Washington Post’s Op/Ed Section Has Shifted During 2025, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164505
45:00 Democrats in Meltdown Over Trump’s White House Ballroom, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPf_jVuX58
47:30 A DEEPER Look Into Tom Landry’s 40 Defense- The Mad Scientist-WARNING EXCESSIVE CONTACT, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_FGbZO170o
55:00 WP: Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164480
1:01:30 Trump’s ballroom, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hOLeDwPDpM
1:03:30 Trump Demolishes East Wing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H50Go28kb7A
1:22:00 “But basketball has proven especially susceptible to foul play.” https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/nba-gambling-adam-silver-rozier-billups-b8e27662?mod=hp_lead_pos7
1:37:00 NYT: Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/magazine/sex-trafficking-girls-la-figueroa.html
1:40:00 When do children deserve autonomy? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164465
1:50:00 Shame, Pride, and Guilt with Daniel Sznycer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCBaBSvSzs
1:57:50 The New Right’s New Home with Helen Andrews, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ30HxpvOyY
2:02:20 Stop buying the ‘Left v. Right’ myth | Hyrum and Verlan Lewis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOMIJvbosRA
2:04:40 How I Fell In Love With The Dodgers & Cowboys, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164453
2:06:00 WSJ is the best newspaper in the world, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164420
2:14:30 Trump sends in the National Guard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAwVZa9Ur-g
2:24:30 The AI Economist: The Skill You Need to Stay Employed in the Age of AI, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhfpHwcrx6c
2:28:00 Comey, Government Shutdown, Charlie Kirk Fallout & More | Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Q68aWmnI4
2:32:00 James Comey is not a good guy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62sJUS2azuQ
2:45:00 The spooky energy between Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
2:47:00 David Pinsof: The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems, Meaning of Life, and Morality, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kMPxH0yxts
3:00:00 The function of morality
3:10:00 Sheldon Solomon – The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tkkmInXfOE
3:20:00 The Legacy of Ernest Becker: Death, Ideologies, and Cultures, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8WqjciN1E
3:27:40 Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New with Marc Shapiro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnXChROx2k
3:35:00 The Radical Messages of Rav Kook for Orthodox Jews Today, with Professor Marc Shapiro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrh4bL1-zvU
3:46:00 When God called on Jews to return to the land and to history
3:50:00 The Case for a New U.S. Industrial Policy | Ian Fletcher, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLdN6CBdB8
3:51:00 A strong dollar sounds good
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