Well, hello and welcome back to the Bill Bennett show.

We try to provide thoughtful conversation about the news of the day.

And we address, what do we address, Claude?

We address the existential threats to America.

Yeah.

Today's our monthly special Scholars and Sense edition of the show.

Joining me today, Conrad Black, author, columnist, and media contributor.

Without Victor, Dave's answer today.

He's starting a book tour for his new book, The End of Everything,

how wars descend into annihilation.

He'll be back with this next time, promise.

But first, a few things I want to get to.

All right, Claude, a lot of talk about the most important thing going on on the news, and the news wouldn't

tell you this, is what happened in China.

Two-day meeting between Putin and President Xi, head of Russia, head of China.

Met two days, lots of hugging, lots of talking about how the world will belong to them.

I'm going to carve out the West or maybe do worse.

And that's their view, Russia and China dominating the world.

That's a fearsome combination. Very, very fearsome, very dangerous, very risky.

Is this president up to that challenge? No, he is not. And this was a ominous

event. I hope we have a change in November. Goodness gracious, we need it. That was the most important

thing in the news. Also, they're making some progress. Dr. Winstrup, Brad Winstrup from Ohio, Congressman, he's a doc.

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