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Edifice of Trust Podcast

Dec 28, 2020

After a week of chaos caused by his own actions, President Trump signed the COVID relief bill along with the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress with bipartisan support. But his rash actions only compounded the grief and anguish of millions caused by months of delays in congress. Georgetown University professor...


Dec 3, 2020

Now that we are beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel as vaccinations are set to begin before the end of the year, new cases of COVID-19 are spiking across the country. People are tired of wearing masks and not going to movies and bars. The Thanksgiving travel weekend saw the most passengers...


Nov 24, 2020

Argentina went from being the tenth wealthiest country in the world in 1913 to 69th now, and it all started with the rise of the populist Juan Perón. Argentina has vacillated between Perónism, dictatorships and democracy for most of the 20th century and the result has been nationalizations, confiscations and multiple...


Nov 16, 2020

Progressive left notables are staking their claim to the administration of the Biden presidency, but do they have a valid claim to that stake? Joe Biden won the presidency by being the nice guy alternative to President Trump and promoting unity to attract centrist Democrats and independents, not by being a...


Nov 10, 2020

Wang Qishan, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China as well as the friend and mentor of Xi Jinping, has recommended the communist party cadres read the Ancien Regime and the Revolution by Alexis Tocqueville. The Chinese clearly believe that there are lessons in the collapse of the monarchy that China needs...