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Policy Pundit Walter McFarlane: American Exceptionalism and Two Economies

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Tom Novak

Policy pundit Walter McFarlane joins host Jeff Chidester to discuss American exceptionalism and how the country’s political mood differs from that of the USA’s 1976 Bicentennial.

Jeff and Walter also briefly talked about the current Trump Administration’s policy approach to AI.

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