The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg


The Mainstream of Yore

May 17, 2025

Jonah Goldberg is up with the sun and ready to expand upon his Monday mega-essay in The Dispatch, lament all things popular front, analyze James Comey’s seashell art photography, and discuss the upcoming exposé on Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. Plus: the misnomer of mainstream media and a scolding for Congress.


Show Notes:
—Jonah’s Monday Essay: “Don’t Call This Conservatism
—Claire Lehmann for The Dispatch: Feelings, Facts, and Our Crisis of Truth
—Jonah’s Los Angeles Times column: “The inescapable answer to America’s problems? Fix Congress
—Dispatch Debates: Christine Rosen and Robert Verbruggen
Jay Nordlinger’s new Substack


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