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The American founders had a political anthropology that drew on a biblical anthropology, and oftentimes they said so very explicitly.

They would look to Genesis chapter 3 and the story of the fall in trying

to understand human nature so they could better construct institutions of governance that would

take that into account. This is your host, Scott Bertram. Welcome to the Radio Free Hillsdale

Hour, part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network.

That was Daniel Driesbach, professor of justice, law, and criminology at American University.

We'll talk with him later on in today's program on the topic of Christianity and the American political tradition.

First, we're joined by John Miller. He is director of the Dow Journalism Program here at Hillsdale

College. John, thanks so much for joining us. Hi, Scott. A couple of different pieces I want to talk with

you about today. One from Axios a bit ago, talking about the lack of local news sources in many

places across the country. Not a surprise for those who have been paying

attention. What are some of the factors that are contributing to the decline of local news sources?

There are many fewer local newspapers today than there was a generation ago. That's just a simple

fact. You can look up the numbers. That's just a simple fact.

You can look up the numbers.

Many have just failed.

And there are lots of reasons for this.

The Internet, of course, is the big one, the rise of the Internet.

And for a lot of these local papers, the loss of classified advertising was devastating to them.

This was important to their economies.

This was important to their economies. This was important

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