The Radio Derb transcript is up for January 4. Go here to read or listen.

01m40s  Latest moves in the Great Game.  (Why are we playing?)

07m59s  Afghanistan butcher's bill.  (Trump's third year worse than Obama's last.)

10m43s  Eternal recurrence in legal immigration.  (Giving with one hand, taking away with the other.)

16m14s  Bail is unfair!  (White race guilt in action.)

23m50s  NYT editorializes on antisemitism.  (A gem of race denialism.)

30m37s  Hereditary aristocracy in Congress.  (It pays well.)

32m26s  Yet another Twenties.  (War, what is it good for?)

34m03s  The refugee resettlement scam.  (GOP governors side with the scammers.)

36m45s  Abolish the police!  (Peace circles and restorative justice.)

38m38s  Healthcare financing conundrums.  (Cures kill profits.)

40m21s  Vietnam: return of the vets.  (Good place to retire.)

41m57s  News story of the year.  (Woman bites camel.)

43m46s  Signoff.  (Hang in there, Australia.)