Last week's tragedy in Baltimore, which saw the Dali cargo ship take down the well-traversed Francis Scott Key Bridge, set off an all-too-predictable firestorm on social media. My head, like so many others, immediately gravitated to one possibility: a terrorist attack. After all, how on earth could something like this happen in the year 2024 in the most advanced country in the world? But, as it turns out, despite all the conspiracy-mongering from social media keyboard warriors hell-bent on triggering heart palpitations in their audiences, we learned fairly quickly beyond any real doubt that the Dali tragedy was a horrible fluke incident: the Dali pilot even had the foresight to issue a mayday distress signal, thus allowing local law enforcement to scamper to close off the bridge such that only six lives were lost. The lesson? As I argued in my most recent column, some of you need to get off social media and go touch some grass.

Our past two episodes of "The Josh Hammer Show" included a fascinating conversation with Newsweek essayist and syndicated radio host (and repeat "Josh Hammer Show" guest) Lee Habeeb about lessons we can learn from Founding Father John Adams on the importance of the rule of law, as well as our featured episode for our radio affiliates, which covered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's prolific recent victories here in the Sunshine State, the Candace Owens-Daily Wire feud that finally boiled over with Owens' long-overdue ouster, NBC News' botched hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, and much more. As a reminder, you can listen to all episodes of "The Josh Hammer Show" at the Newsweek website, on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Some other recent highlights of mine include an op-ed that I co-authored with Jonathan Bronitsky for Blaze Media on how to fight back against on-campus Brownshirts, my appearance on Salem News Channel's "Jenna Ellis Tonight" to discuss President Trump's veepstakes and the Candace Owens-Daily Wire feud, my maiden appearance with syndicated radio host Rich Valdés to unpack the latest legal headlines, my appearance on Sky News Australia's "The Rita Panahi Show" to discuss the Democratic Party's crumbling coalition, my appearance with The First's "I'm Right w/ Jesse Kelly" to discuss Monday's busy day at the Florida Supreme Court, and much more. To keep up with everything, make sure to follow me on Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook. As a reminder, I also recently launched a second show, "America on Trial with Josh Hammer," with The First; you can subscribe and listen to my daily episodes on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

I also will be participating in what should be a spirited two-on-two debate, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, next Thursday, April 11! We will be debating the proper moral and legal limitations of campus speech—especially in light of the Hamas slaughter of Oct. 7, 2023, and the high-profile resignations of Harvard University President Claudine Gay and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill that followed their controversial congressional testimony in early December. You can read more about next week's ISI debate and register for it right here. What's more, for those of you who live in the New York area, I will also be at City Winery in New York City on Wednesday, April 17 for a Tangle News-hosted conversation about the 2024 presidential election. It should be a lot of fun—I'll be one of three panelists, representing the more conservative perspective. You can get your tickets right here from the City Winery site.

Our additional highlighted Newsweek op-eds from the past week includes selections from Kimberly Fletcher, Arsen Ostrovsky and Richard Kemp, Edward H. Kaplan and Evan Morris, Paul du Quenoy, and former Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.). 

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