Why We Don’t Need the Department of Education
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch explain why eliminating the Department of Education entirely is long overdue.
02:52—Trump administration cuts to the Department of Education
25:55—Mahmoud Khalil detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
37:13—Weekly listener question
45:22—Lightning round: Congress passes a continuing resolution budget deal
53:41—This week’s cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
“Is This the Beginning of the End for the Department of Education?” by Emma Camp
“DOE Set To Die,” by Liz Wolfe
“U.S. Attorney Threatens Georgetown Law for ‘Teaching DEI,’” by Emma Camp
“Abolish the Department of Education,” by Neal McCluskey
“The Next President Should Abolish Everything,” by Katherine Mangu-Ward
“The Ever-Shifting Politics of the Department of Education,” by Jesse Walker
“An Education in Empire Building,” by John Fund and Martin Wooster
“Mahmoud Khalil Is an Easy Call,” by Robby Soave
“Mahmoud Khalil, the Great Rorschach Test,” by Liz Wolfe
“Is it Constitutional To Deport Immigrants for Political Speech?” by Jack Nicastro
“The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for “Pro-Terrorist” Speech [Updated],” by Ilya Somin
“Who Is the Palestinian Columbia Student Detained For His Protest Activity?” by Matthew Petti
“Trump Administration Deports Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members Despite Court Order,” by Katarina Hall
“The House’s Budget Bill Cuts Earmarks, but Spending Will Be Going Up Anyway,” by Jeff Luse
“The House GOP Budget Blueprint Promises More Borrowing, More Debt, and Not Enough Spending Cuts,” by Eric Boehm
“Rand Paul: Businesses and Workers Think Tariffs Are a Bad Idea,” by Robby Soave
“Rep. Thomas Massie: ‘We don’t really have 218 conservatives here [who] meant what they said when they said they wanted to repeal Obamacare,’” by Matt Welch
“Rand Paul: Budget Deal Should Be Renamed ‘The Status Qu
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