How do habits influence behavior? Significantly, according to returningRemnantfavorite Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and co-author of the new bookLook Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There. In it, he argues that breaking habits and rout

Jonah, used and abused by CNN, is prepared to deliver a level of rank punditry not yet seen in legacy media. He begins today's episode of The Ruminant by eulogizing Mitch McConnell's tenure in the Senate, noting the positive correlation between disdain fo

If the American Enterprise Institute were a prison, education policy scholars Rick Hess and Michael McShane would be the leaders of its most feared inmate gang. Today, they join Jonah not simply to pressure him into swearing loyalty, but to discuss their

Todays episode ofThe Remnantfeatures James Kirchick, the prolific pundit and author ofSecret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Recently, James publishedan essayinLibertiesthat examined how gay culture has changed in American life since t

Jonah attempts to avoid the straitjacket while The Fair Jessica is away, so he decides to spend an hour talking to himself in a dark basement. He goes through a number of topics to make even the most excitable eggheads nauseated, from the fad of stay-at-h

Marriage is a fundamental institution, so why is it under attack from both ends of the political spectrum? In his new book, Get Married, Brad Wilcoxa nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor at the University of Virg

On todaysepisode ofThe Remnant, Jonahs disdain fortheelderly leads him to step into the intellectual octagon with a man nine days his senior: novelist and CNN host Jake Tapper. Jakes new show,United States of Scandal, takes a darkly comedic look a

Having woken up to the Alexei Navalny news, Jonah spends this Ruminant thinking through what the Russian opposition leaders death might portend. From tzars and (real) settler colonialism to useful idiots a-la Tucker Carlson, the good listener should expe

Once again, Jonah has abandoned his Remnant duties to spend the week nibbling on sponge cake while watching the sun bake. Fortunately, Chris Stirewalt, Americas favorite simple country pundit, is on hand to take control of the program. Hes joined by Ruy

Is there really such a thing as left and right? Scholars Hyrum and Verlan Lewis dont think so. In their book, The Myth of Left and Right, the brothers argue that this generalization is undermining sophisticated political discourse. And on todays episode