That Was the Week Vol. 3: January 13th - 17th, 2025
The fire in Los Angeles, grocery bills in Lancaster County, Blue Origin's rocket takes flight, and the thought leaders of the New Right
Progress on the Palisades Fire
The Eden fire shows significant progress towards containment, while the Palisades fire remains a major concern.
At peak, the firefighters were using 45,000 gallons of water a minute.
“You hate to use the cliché ‘perfect storm’ but that’s what it was. You had not just the weather—you had poor foresight, you had budget concerns. The list is going to be so long, by the time they get this into court or before some sort of hearing it’s going to blow people’s minds,” Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch
Lancaster Reports: Grocery prices, electric vehicles, and budget issues
Jim McTague analyzes the local economy of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by way of grocery bills at Costco
H5N1 bird flu and chicken culling may be responsible for higher prices of eggs at groceries across the country
“The grousing I hear at Costco and other grocery stores is about the price of eggs, which are anywhere from $5.25 a dozen now to—I paid $6.25 for jumbo eggs today, which is about 55 cents an egg. So the goose no longer lays a golden egg. The chicken does,” Jim McTague
Competition in Commercial Space Flight: Blue Origin vs. SpaceX
Blue Origin launches the New Glenn rocket under the leadership of CEO David Limp
SpaceX’s Starship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its mission on Thursday
“We now have competition. SpaceX is great, but now we have somebody else who could maybe do things—different things—better. And that is really wonderful,” Bob Zimmerman, Behind the Black
The New Philosophies of the New Right
Peter Berkowitz delineates two rising philosophies competing for popularity among a new wing of the conservative platform
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future from Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen outlines his “aristo-populism” philosophy
Heritage Foundation President Kevin D. Roberts’ Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America advocates a project of “restoration”
“Mr. Roberts merely flirts here and there in his book with revolution and regime change, whereas Patrick Deneen, a professor at Notre Dame University, titles his book Regime Change and enthusiastically endorses it. So my concern with the flirtation is that it encourages, especially among young conservatives, revolutionary impulses and insistence that the time has come for regime change,” Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics
Londinium Chronicles Recap: January 13th, 2025
Germanicus and Gaius discuss President-elect Trump’s designs for Greenland.
Author Interview with Richard Munson: January 15th, 2025
Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist by Richard Munson
The views and opinions expressed are those of John Batchelor and guests, and not those of CBS News.