When Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai last appeared on Uncommon Knowledge in October of 2019, the situation in Hong Kong was dire but still hopeful. Now, eight months later, the situation has gone from bad to worse, and since that interview, Lai has been arrested twice.

A true Renaissance man, Matt Ridley is a British journalist, a member of the House of Lords, a businessman, and the author of many publications, including The Rational Optimist, his very influential book about the innate human tendency to trade goods and services, which he argues is the source of all human prosperity.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya from the Stanford University School of Medicine makes his third appearance on Uncommon Knowledge in eight weeks, this time to discuss a new COVID-19 survey of Major League Baseball employees he co-authored.

For the last eighteen years of politics, ever since the presidential election of 2000, a “red state” vs. “blue state” framework has defined how Americans talk about politics. And the “red” vs. “blue” divide hangs ever present, driving countless headlines emerging from last weeks’ midterm elections. “Red states get redder, blue states get bluer,” read the headline affixed to E.J. Dionne’s latest at the Washington Post. “The red parts got redder and the blue parts bluer in a midterm election that underscored America’s deep divide,” proclaimed the analysis at the Los Angeles Times.

Washington Examiner contributor Kristen Soltis-Anderson talks with Abby Kiesa, Director of Impact for CIRCLE, a nonpartisan research center based at Tufts University, which focuses on youth civic engagement.

New survey data on millennials shows that despite being upbeat about their own experiences with the education system, most millennials are ready for bold change and flexibility. Kristen Soltis Anderson discusses this issue with Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Article I, Section 4: “The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year."

The United States Constitution was a precedent-breaking document: The very idea of setting forth, in a single document, the structure of a republican government, and of providing a means for revising that structure and document, was novel and untested. One of its novelties was the creation of the first regularly scheduled national census of population — and the first national legislature whose composition was determined by population.

The rights recognized in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights — the first 10 amendments — are not necessarily absolute. “Congress shall make no law,” the First Amendment reads, “abridging the freedom of speech.” But it was never thought, and has not been seriously suggested yesterday, that this abolishes the common law tort of libel. If someone writes something inaccurate about you that damages your reputation, you can sue for damages.

The Heritage Foundation, the nation’s top conservative think tank, just broke a fundraising record to fight the growing wave of socialism and act on a new strategic plan to expand its policy influence on Capitol Hill and inside the administration.

Sir Roger Scruton talks to Washington Examiner's Editorial Director Hugo Gurdon.

Economist Thomas Sowell says discrimination is rarely why racial groups experience different outcomes.

Francis Rooney faced no pressing political necessity to pledge action to combat climate change.

Dan Eberhart believes in President Trump's agenda and its potential for economic growth, despite the tariffs and other polices that have proved to be a “hard pill” to swallow for some of his customers in the oil and natural gas industry.

"The jobs you're going to preserve are lost somewhere else."

A look back at some of the highlights of the Washington Examiner’s second annual political summit at Sea Island, Georgia.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and American Enterprise Institute President Robert Doar discuss business and economy with moderator and Washington Examiner Executive Editor Philip Klein at the second annual Washington Examiner Political Summit at Sea Island, Georgia.

Is the United States a just society? American Enterprise Institute President Robert Doar, commentary writer Tiana Lowe, and radio host Larry O’Connor discuss the topic with moderator Tim Carney at the second annual Washington Examiner Political Summit at Sea Island, Georgia.