Comic Dave Smith is the Intellectual We Deserve

Dave Smith’s rise says less about him and more about the rot in our civic culture.

by Ben Cohen

Dave Smith has become something of an internet sensation in recent weeks. The New York based comedian engaged in a three hour debate with Douglas Murray on the Joe Rogan podcast, mostly about Israel’s war in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

I covered the debate in an article last month and attempted to unpack Smith’s obvious intellectu…