Reclaiming, Not Despairing
by Mark BauerleinFirst Things editor R. R. Reno joins the podcast to discuss his most recent Public Square column, “Signs of the Times.” Continue Reading »
First Things editor R. R. Reno joins the podcast to discuss his most recent Public Square column, “Signs of the Times.” Continue Reading »
On this episode, Thomas Patterson discusses his recent book, How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That's Crippling Our Democracy. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Alexander Riley discusses his book Angel Patriots: The Crash of United Flight 93 and the Myth of America. Continue Reading »
Featuring David Horowitz on his new book, Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America. Continue Reading »
Bruce Frohnen discusses his book Coming Home: Reclaiming America’s Conservative Soul. Continue Reading »
Featuring Wilfred McClay on his latest book: Land of Hope. Continue Reading »
So with a nod to considerations both theological and practical, my main criticism of the argument in Reno’s book, as with the religious right more generally, is not that it’s too Christian, but that it’s not Christian enough. Continue Reading »
Is human dignity served by the removal of any and all impediments to individual choice? Or is true liberty found in the ties that bind? Continue Reading »
Last year, Adam Bellow and I edited a volume of essays entitled The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism. The contributions varied in subject matter and approach, but one motif ran more or less through them all. It is this: the knowledge and dispositions . . . . Continue Reading »
Very few of us who truly care about religious freedom in America would put our faith in a civic religion. Although 2,000 years of history can offer us many shining examples of church cooperating with state, the idea of a “state church” would be almost laughable in our country today. When I . . . . Continue Reading »