Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan Talks Freedom and Personal Responsibility with David French
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🗓️ 20 May 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today Ryan talks with author and reporter David French about the balance between personal and civic responsibility, the ability to take criticism, the polarizing battles between the left and right in today’s politics, and more.
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| 2:28.2 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode, the Daily Stoic podcast. My guest today is actually one of my favorite writers. |
| 2:39.2 | I try not to read much political news as I've talked about before. I try not to get caught up in partisanship. But I've long been a big fan of David French. |
| 2:50.2 | I started reading him when he was at the National Review. We actually wrote a really great email based on one of French's columns. |
| 2:57.2 | It's about the power of forgiveness, which will link in the show notes. You know, I don't identify with one political party at the moment, certainly not a fan of Trump, certainly not a fan of many sort of democratic policies. |
| 3:10.2 | But I am a fan of people who think independently, people who think creatively, people who sincerely believe what they believe and what they talk about. |
| 3:21.2 | You know, David French is, I think, a smart writer. What I like about him is that he doesn't just talk about these things. He's also an attorney and an activist. |
| 3:30.2 | He's a former major in the United States Army Reserve, and he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
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