The Glorious Midwest
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Jon K. Lauck joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800–1900. Continue Reading »
Regime Change, American Style
by Christopher CaldwellThe Watergate scandal began in 1972 with a burglary of the Democratic Party’s headquarters and ended with the resignation of Richard Nixon two years later. Almost as soon as Nixon had left Washington, the politicians, lawyers, and journalists who had rallied to oust him began recording for . . . . Continue Reading »
Sacral Presidency
by Peter J. LeithartWhether they are monarchs or not, powerful leaders take on royalish trappings because politics is ineradicably sacral. Continue Reading »
A Grateful Christian
by Kenneth L. WoodwardFaith and family were twin pillars of George H. W. Bush’s life. Continue Reading »
The Dishonesty of
George H. W. Bush
by R. R. Reno
Political honesty means telling the voters who you are and what you promise to do—and then governing as that person and in accord with those promises. Continue Reading »
The Evolving American Constitution: Change Without Amendment
by David T. KoyzisThere is a case to be made that the British and American constitutions are not that different after all. Continue Reading »
America's First Baptist President
by Timothy GeorgeWarren Gamaliel Harding was the first Baptist to serve as President of the United States and the only Baptist president—thus far—to be a Republican. Neither Baptists nor Republicans are particularly proud of that fact these days, as Harding is generally ranked dead last among the nation’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The Pious Infidel
by Steven WaldmanThough the most Deistic of the Founding Fathers, even Jefferson was not a full-fledged Deist if we accept that philosophy as having had two fundamental tenets: a rejection of biblical revelation and a conviction that God, having created the laws of the universe, had receded from day-to-day control . . . . Continue Reading »
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