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crisis in disasters warren iraq, and many other things most recently this russian invasion of ukraine, we know that there is no kind of automatic sense of progress anymore. and in a sense that lesson was an important one to be learned, because democracy doesn t survive automatically. and only surviving people recognize it as a value, and they re willing to take the risks for it. so, from this territory war in ukraine if there s anything to be gained, it s the example of ukrainians who remind us that democracy is something to care about. it s something to take risks for. and so, when i call it a point of inflection and ukrainians by resisting have given the rest of us a moment to think and to consider what we care about. so, i want to get your reaction to the results of the french presidential election we re talking about the future of democracy and i think annual macron has defeated pretty, projected to feed his far-right rival marine le pen,
that history was over, there weren t any alternatives, the details the past didn t matter so much because the trends we re all going in the right direction. thanks to 9/11, the financial crisis in disasters warren iraq, and many other things most recently this russian invasion of ukraine, we know that there is no kind of automatic sense of progress anymore. and in a sense that lesson was an important one to be learned, because democracy doesn t survive automatically. and only surviving people recognize it as a value, and they re willing to take the risks for it. so, from this territory war in ukraine if there s anything to be gained, it s the example of ukrainians who remind us that democracy is something to care about. it s something to take risks for. and so, when i call it a point of inflection and ukrainians by resisting have given the rest of us a moment to think and to consider what we care about. so, i want to get your reaction to the results of the french presidential elect
country. that so many americans not feel like they re welcome in their own military. how are you going to raise the next generation of citizen soldiers if the military is no longer a respectable institution in our country and it won t be respected institution of our country are people like mark milley keep on sounding like idiots. ben: i want to thank you for joining me. i know have a big announcement later this week. i look forward to seeing with potholes. thanks ben: the scourge of critical race theory is most acutely felt in our schools. parents all over the country now see the evils being perpetrated by activist school boards and teachers. but how do you fight back outside by just pushing for things like more school choice question might join me now is cora, national director of research at the american federation for children. thanks so much for coming on. thanks for having made. ben: it seems like we are at this point of inflection on education in america where people a