The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Is Trump "The End of History"?

The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Is Trump "The End of History"?

Author: Ricochet September 18, 2026 Duration: 1:17:56
So it happens that Francis Fukuyama, who became famous because of his of book The End of History and the Last Man back in the early 1990s, is having a moment in 2026. See, he really didn't mean it, and besides, he is no longer even a neo-con but has moved left because Donald Trump ruined his parade by restarting history. Or at least disrupting it. Or something. And suddenly he'd getting glowin notices in the liberal media. Big surprise there.

Glenn Ellmers of the Claremont Institute takes the truant John Yoo's place this week, and as the author of a book that is a sharp contrast to Fukuyama (The Narrow Passage: Plato, Foucault, and the Possibility of Political Philosophy) is the idea person to assist our beatdown of Fukuyama. Not to worry, and don't be scared. We keep our mentions of Hegel and Kojeves to a minimum, and use the occasion to beat down on Progressives—our favorite target.

Our cameo segment this week is with comedian David Deeble, who has lately made his first comedy club appearances in . . .  Germany. In German. Is this conceivable? As he likes to say, "There are two things Germans don't joke about: Hitler, and everything else."  We talk about the whole comedy scene, and whether comedy clubs are in fact the front line of turning back wokery.

And Sydney Sweeney is back in the news. What's not to like this week?

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