Welcome to Beg to Beg to Differ,

The Bullworks Weekly Roundtable discussion

featuring civil conversation across the political spectrum.

We range from center left to center right.

I'm Mona Charon, syndicated columnist and policy editor of the Bulwark, and I am joined

by our regulars, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution in the Wall Street Journal,

Linda Chavez of the Niskanin Center, and Damon Linger, who writes the sub-stack newsletter

Eyes on the right.

Our special guest this week is Josh Barrow who hosts his own

sub-stack newsletter called Very Serious. He is also the host of two podcasts, the

Very Serious Podcasts and serious trouble.

Welcome one and all.

Two items before we dig into our meaty topics this week.

The first is I want to thank Sunny Bunch for sitting in for me last week. He did a

fabulous job and it was really interesting to get all of your suggestions on things to

watch. The second is just about 15 minutes before we sat down to record this.

Queen Elizabeth the second passed away or they announced it. It's a really consequential life, amazing run. So I thought if anybody has some

particular reflections on the meaning of all of this or on her in particular,

let me know. Linda did you want to say anything about her? Did you have an impression?

Well, I thought she was a wonderful role model and I thought she lived a very as you suggested consequential life loved Queen Elizabeth

don't so much love the monarchy. Yeah I kind of feel that way to do we have any other small R Republicans? Bill Galston, what about you?

Well, it was more than a queen that died, or should I say even more, it was a huge chunk of British history.

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