{"id":159169,"date":"2025-03-02T09:28:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=159169"},"modified":"2025-03-02T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T03:07:05","slug":"what-american-ceos-drug-cartels-american-colleges-understand-that-europe-doesnt-3-2-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=159169","title":{"rendered":"What American CEOs, Drug Cartels &#038; Colleges Understand That Europe Doesn&#8217;t (3-2-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DH5Kp-m_4E?si=6ZWYInVOmhWBf3Hn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <a title=\"Click to play at 04:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"240\">04:00<\/a> Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. The media after Trump: manufacturing anger and polarization (2020), <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=159114\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=159114<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1200\">20:00<\/a> Christopher Caldwell On Trump And Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/christopher-caldwell-on-trump-and\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/christopher-caldwell-on-trump-and<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 24:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1440\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1440\">24:00<\/a> NYP: Disaster in the Oval Office: Dems lead Zelensky, Ukraine off a cliff with pressure to reject mineral deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/01\/opinion\/dems-lead-zelensky-ukraine-off-a-cliff-with-pressure-to-reject-mineral-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/01\/opinion\/dems-lead-zelensky-ukraine-off-a-cliff-with-pressure-to-reject-mineral-deal\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 34:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2040\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2040\">34:00<\/a> John Podhoretz on the Trump v Zelensky blowup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MKb6RW-xra0\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MKb6RW-xra0<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 37:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2220\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2220\">37:00<\/a> Michael rejoins the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/real_machera\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/real_machera<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2400\">40:00<\/a> Michael&#8217;s blog and his pro-Russian attitude, <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelmacherablog.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/michaelmacherablog.com\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 42:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2520\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2520\">42:00<\/a> Rush Limbaugh, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rush_Limbaugh\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rush_Limbaugh<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2700\">45:00<\/a> Howard Stern, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Stern\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Stern<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:04:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3840\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3840\">1:04:00<\/a> Zero Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zero_Day_(American_TV_series)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zero_Day_(American_TV_series)<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:18:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4680\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4680\">1:18:00<\/a> Running Point &#8211; Netflix sports comedy, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Running_Point\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Running_Point<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4860\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4860\">1:21:00<\/a> George Friedman: Trump, Putin and Changing Global Realities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-knLXnai3Mk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-knLXnai3Mk<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:28:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5280\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5280\">1:28:00<\/a> Steve Sailer analyzes Trump&#8217;s foreign policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevesailer.net\/p\/trump-speak-loudly-and-carry-a-smaller\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.stevesailer.net\/p\/trump-speak-loudly-and-carry-a-smaller<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:44:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6240\">1:44:00<\/a> Kip joins to wonder why I never married<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:51:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6660\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6660\">1:51:00<\/a> How my dad protected me against kiddie fiddlers <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:53:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6810\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6810\">1:53:30<\/a> When parents become friends with their adult children<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8400\">2:20:00<\/a> People feel righteous <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:23:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8580\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8580\">2:23:00<\/a> George Friedman on the Ukraine war<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:25:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8700\">2:25:00<\/a> How gay were 1970s rock stars, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevesailer.net\/p\/how-gay-were-1970s-rock-stars\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.stevesailer.net\/p\/how-gay-were-1970s-rock-stars<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:27:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8820\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8820\">2:27:00<\/a> Kleptogamy, <a href=\"https:\/\/dragonflyissuesinevolution13.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sneaky_F*uckers\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/dragonflyissuesinevolution13.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sneaky_F*uckers<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:44:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9840\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9840\">2:44:00<\/a> FT: How the Oscars went quiet on Trump: Apolitical is the new look in Hollywood as rows mar this year\u2019s Academy Awards and studios shrink from dissent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/80fcb377-8133-46b7-83ec-f83484944244\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/80fcb377-8133-46b7-83ec-f83484944244<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:50:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10200\">2:50:00<\/a> Video: Trump and Zelenskyy Heated Oval Office Exchange: Body Language Analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U0AIFIK8yKM\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U0AIFIK8yKM<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:02:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10950\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10950\">3:02:30<\/a> Baltimore Bridge Collapse | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aE7i201jc_A\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aE7i201jc_A<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:05:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11100\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11100\">3:05:00<\/a> Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:09:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11340\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11340\">3:09:00<\/a> Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump Thinks of Zelensky and Predicting Geopolitics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1LoQu2x-XZc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1LoQu2x-XZc<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:11:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11460\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11460\">3:11:00<\/a> News: \u2018It\u2019s all been scrapped\u2019: Women in wildland firefighting bootcamps canceled after DEI cuts, <a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2025\/02\/dei-women-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2025\/02\/dei-women-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:12:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11565\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11565\">3:12:45<\/a> Axios: American college chaos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/02\/trump-universities-dei-research-funding\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/02\/trump-universities-dei-research-funding<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11760\">3:16:00<\/a> WSJ: BlackRock\u2019s \u2018Woke\u2019 Era Is Over: Asset manager has exited climate groups and eliminated diversity targets as it tries to end ESG controversy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/blackrocks-woke-era-is-over-ebdbd6e7?mod=hp_lead_pos10\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/blackrocks-woke-era-is-over-ebdbd6e7?mod=hp_lead_pos10<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:25:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12300\">3:25:00<\/a> Jeff Bezos Shakes Up The Washington Post, Media Collapse, and Reddit Is Pro-Terrorist, <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lY6Vzd1mYDM\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lY6Vzd1mYDM<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:28:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12480\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12480\">3:28:00<\/a> Why is Kara Swisher sounding insane?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:39:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13170\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13170\">3:39:30<\/a> Trump II says DEI is racist against white people<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:46:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13560\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13560\">3:46:00<\/a> NYT: Trump Threats and Mexico\u2019s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel: Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/02\/world\/americas\/mexico-cartel-fentanyl-trump-tariffs.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/02\/world\/americas\/mexico-cartel-fentanyl-trump-tariffs.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:52:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13920\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13920\">3:52:00<\/a> Ukraine is the primary cause of its own suffering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fcfbfc20-a1c7-4992-a2cd-83b688d349d0\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fcfbfc20-a1c7-4992-a2cd-83b688d349d0<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 4:07:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#14820\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"14820\">4:07:00<\/a> How to Slash the Pentagon Budget | NonZero World feat. Julia Gledhill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSTnJG_sF54\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSTnJG_sF54<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 4:09:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#14970\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"14970\">4:09:30<\/a> Believe beautiful young women who tell us how to reduce Pentagon spending<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 4:26:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#15960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"15960\">4:26:00<\/a> MAGA&#8217;s working class base and Trump&#8217;s new tech friends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04:00 Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. 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