Partisanship dictates who defends Roy Moore and who defends Al Franken and Bob Menendez. Ben recommends "The Lost City of Z" with Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson. Orrin Hatch slams Sherrod Brown. A Cy Twombly painting sells for $40 million. Mailbag topics include: Ben's smirk, good economics books, Thanksgiving food, whether or not beer is kosher, Biblical timelines, false binaries, how Ben would run a high school, federal funding for sanctuary cities, the Swiss healthcare system, how a fatherless man can be a father, and more.
—J. Spurlin