The Making of History
by Mark BauerleinJared Knott joins the podcast to discuss his book Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World. Continue Reading »
National Unity in Ukraine
by Jakub GrygielThe “liberal, rules-based world order” will not defend a country’s land—a self-confident nation that is attached to a particular location, tradition, and religion will. Continue Reading »
Churchill in Barbary
by Algis ValiunasSmall wars, the kind that pit a superpower against an apparently overmatched enemy, are easy to slip into and can be hard to get out of. But it need not always be so. The British in their imperial magnificence at the turn of the twentieth century fought wars against Islamic fanatics on the northwest . . . . Continue Reading »
Russia, Ukraine, and Moral Reckoning
by George WeigelPutin is conducting a carefully orchestrated campaign to reverse history’s verdict in the Cold War and subjugate the now-independent former “republics” of the old Soviet Union. Continue Reading »
9/11, Afghanistan, and the Next War
by Joseph MahoneyWhy would any person of intelligence and character put his or her life at risk to defend a country controlled by a leadership class that continually derides or ignores tens of millions of Americans, along with their needs, their convictions, and their concerns? Continue Reading »
Leaving Afghanistan
by R. R. RenoWhatever one thinks about how the exit was handled, the Biden administration has done what we should have done years ago: admit defeat and come home. Continue Reading »
Ethics of Leadership and Ethics of Teaching
by Kevin L. FlanneryJohn Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the Bomb: The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence,” Keown argued that the aiming of nuclear weapons at cities and intending to use them in order to deter enemy attacks is immoral. Keown’s moral reasoning . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian Armenia Under Attack
by Mark MovsesianLast week, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Karabakh, reigniting its long-simmering war with Armenia. Continue Reading »
Truman's Terrible Choice, 75 Years Ago
by George WeigelTruman authorized the use of the atomic bombs thinking, rightly, that doing so would save American and Japanese lives by shocking Japan into surrender. Continue Reading »
Private Faces in Public Places
by Shalom CarmyIf the stature of a poet is measured by how well his words stick in the reader’s mind and refurbish our language, then W. H. Auden is one of the dominant English voices of the twentieth century. It is ironic that he came to “loathe” (his word) some of his best-remembered work. The most . . . . Continue Reading »
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