Jim Antle, the magazine’s executive editor, brings to life the pages of the Washington Examiner magazine in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis.
In this episode, Antle criticized the United Nations’s focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and demand for reparations as part of a broader liberal agenda to blame the West for slavery.
“It’s noteworthy that many cultures, and in fact, most civilizations in history, have practiced slavery in some form,” Antle said. “And only some countries, such as the United States, actually fought a civil war to end the practice.”
Next in the show, Washington Examiner economics reporter Zach Halaschak sat down with Antle to discuss why adults are drinking at an all-time low in Gallup’s 90-year survey history.
“The share of adults who are drinking regularly has gone down to the lowest levels,” Halaschak said. “That’s really something that’s taken off just the past few years.”
The decline is especially pronounced among Generation Z, who drink far less than millennials did at the same age. A growing health-conscious culture, amplified by movements such as “Make America Healthy Again,” is making people think twice before guzzling their calories. GLP-1’s are a micro percentage as the weight loss drug has taken off and is known to curb a desire for alcohol. Plus, with more options like THC-infused beverages, Halaschak said people are chasing “a little bit of a social buzz” without “having the hangover.”
However, Halaschak found the trend away from alcohol is ultimately a reflection of larger economic strains, with many younger Americans cutting back on nights out simply because they have less disposable income.
“I think it’s just another sort of symptom of a broader problem that we’re having right now, which is affordability and inflation and cost of living,” Halaschak said. “Alcohol consumption and the industry are downstream from the effects of it.”
For Inside Scoop’s in-depth report, Daniel Ross Goodman wrote about how Trump put America back in space, and what comes next. For 10 days, something magnificent happened as Artemis II allowed people of every stripe to look up and simply marvel. Goodman explained that it brought together a country torn by foreign wars, congressional standoffs, and stubbornly elevated gas prices.
“The moon landings of the late 1960s gave a nation torn by Vietnam and assassinations a reason to feel proud about our country once again,” Goodman said. “Artemis II arrives at a moment when we’re experiencing different kinds of divisions, but the hunger for transcendence remains the same. The stars are there. The only question, as it has always been, is whether we will reach for them.”
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