Myths that Made America
by Mark BauerleinAlex Zakaras joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Roots of American Individualism: Political Myth in the Age of Jackson. Continue Reading »
Cursed by the Boomers
by R. R. RenoWhat’s wrong with America? There’s a two-word answer: Baby Boomers. It’s more complicated than that, of course. No generation exists in a vacuum. Baby Boomers may praise themselves as revolutionary and transformative, but as a member of that bulging cohort born between 1946 and 1964, I can . . . . Continue Reading »
The Right Right
by Daniel McCarthyAmerican conservatism has been a remarkably unstable thing since the end of the Cold War. Twenty years ago, the “compassionate conservatism” of George W. Bush and the hawkish foreign-policy views of the neoconservatives were ascendant. A little less than ten years ago, the right was supposedly . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel McCarthy on “the Right Right”
by R. R. RenoDaniel McCarthy joins the podcast to talk about the history and present state of conservatism in America, touching on the wide range of diverging streams of thought within. Continue Reading »
Christopher Caldwell on Regime Change, American Style
by R. R. RenoChristopher Caldwell joins the podcast to discuss his extensive review of Garrett M. Graff's recent book, Watergate: A New History and the transformations within American politics during the Nixon era. 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 »
The Politics of American Christianity
by Mark BauerleinGeorge Yancey joins the podcast to discuss his book, One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America. Continue Reading »
It's Always Thanksgiving Day
by Alexander RileyFinding the way back to the ethic of thanksgiving, and not just for a day in November, but always, is perhaps the only means by which we can save ourselves from the inevitable dissolution of Egoist America and Victim America. Continue Reading »
Harry Jaffa's American Ideal
by Mark BauerleinGlenn Ellmers joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America. Continue Reading »
Inaugural Reflections on American Renewal
by George WeigelOur embarrassment at the present, rancid state of our politics calls us to a new resolve: to rebuild the public moral culture that can sustain a democratic politics capable of advancing both human flourishing and social solidarity. Continue Reading »
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