Nigel Biggar on Defending American Empire

by R. R. Reno

Nigel Biggar joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “A Christian Defense of American Empire.”  Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2022 0

Elbridge Colby on the Morality of a Strategy of Denial

by R. R. Reno

Elbridge Colby joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “The Morality of a Strategy of Denial.”  Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2022 0

Huawei and China's Tech Domination

by Mark Bauerlein

Jonathan Pelson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back. Continue Reading »

24 Dec 2021 0

In Trump Time

by Mark Bauerlein

Peter Navarro joins the podcast to discuss his new book, In Trump Time: My Journal of America's Plague Year. Continue Reading »

26 Nov 2021 0

How China Changed Hollywood

by Mark Bauerlein

Martha Bayles and Mark Bauerlein discuss the many ways the American film industry has caved to the demands of the Chinese market. Continue Reading »

21 Jan 2020 0

The Crisis in International Religious Freedom

by David D. Corey

In September of this year, Baylor University sponsored two lectures on the topic of religious persecution. The presenters were former congressman Frank Wolf (now the Jerry and Susie Wilson Chair of Religious Freedom at Baylor) and Princeton Professor Robert P. George, who currently serves as the . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2015 0

36 Million

by Carl Scott

Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 , the English translation of an authoritative history of the “Great Leap Forward” famine by Jisheng Yang, is now out.  An estimated 36 million died in what was probably the worst famine in human history, one that was primarily due not . . . . Continue Reading »

17 Nov 2012 0

A Defender, Not A Democracy-Extender?

by Carl Scott

Or how should we describe Mitt Romney foreign-policy wise? Is he a neo-con? A neo-neo-con? Honestly, I don’t know. I think Peter’s “Mender not an Ender” is the perfect description of the candidate domestically, “Blast from the Past , Mormon Version” is the . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Oct 2012 0

The Price of Chinese Ultra-Nationalism

by Carl Scott

There’s tons of international stories that Americans don’t follow very closely, a pattern of behavior that is quite human, really. But I am convinced that what’s been going on in China is a huge story that most Americans have not yet paid adequate attention to. A fellow at Forbes, . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Sep 2012 0

A Pro-Japan Angle on China Turmoil

by Carl Scott

How to understand the recent spate of impassioned protests in China, officially against the Japanese ownership of some small islands, but clearly signifying more than just that? It is turmoil at least as significant as what’s occurring in the Muslim world, as it has political machinations . . . . Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2012 0