Christopher 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 »
Quiet protests are not enough when dealing with a man like China’s Xi Jinping, who commits genocide against the Uyghurs and locks down entire cities. The Vatican megaphone was once something to be reckoned with. Its power is fading from disuse. Continue Reading »
At the heart of our understanding of freedom must be the recognition that our freedom is given to us by God. Continue Reading »
Canada set a new legal precedent by introducing collective punishment for individual crimes. Continue Reading »
It seems only a few years ago that I was calling myself “a man of the left.” Well, like the Jewish intellectuals who became “neoconservatives” in the 1960s and 1970s, I am a liberal who’s been “mugged by reality.” What has happened to the public discourse about race in this country . . . . Continue Reading »
Not all Christians want to live in a Western-style democracy. Continue Reading »
The digital-government complex is animated by a utopian dream. Google wants to change the world, which means changing people. Continue Reading »
Mark Edmundson joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Song of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy. Continue Reading »
I learned the following ten lessons about democratic society from the pandemic. Continue Reading »
The city’s protest movement is both local and global—not least because of its Christianity. Continue Reading »
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