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Ep. 732: Does an "Anglo-American" Tradition Exist?
Michael Anton bristles at the notion of an "Anglo-American" tradition, arguing that children of non-English immigrants cannot be part of that tradi…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 731: Tradition vs. Ideology
Paul Gottfried wrote a recent piece questioning Straussian commitment to natural rights "ideology" compared to a society rooted in the Anglo-American…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 730: Straussian "Patriotism"
Glenn Ellmers doesn't like it when conservatives reject the proposition nation myth. In fact, he argues Lincolnian ideology should form the basis of …
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 729: Dark Age Patriotism
Is America an idea? And what is the basis of "American conservatism" and the root of American "patriotism"? These are fundamental questions and are a…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 728: Reading Jefferson Davis
Next to John C. Calhoun, no Southerner is more maligned by modern Americans than Jefferson Davis. According to the popular narrative, he was nothing …
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 727: Did Lincoln "Save Democracy"?
In what can only be described as one of the worst articles in the history of Time Magazine, Jon Meacham argues that the time is right for the Democra…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 726: Is "Presentism" a Good Thing?
Eric Foner thinks "presentism" is a valuable part of history. He defends it through a review of a new book on C. Vann Woodward who was at one time co…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 725: The Beauty of Federalism
A leftist at the New York Times worries that States are going to have too much power over the central government. In other words, he has discovered o…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 724: The Broken Constitution
Is the Constitution broken, or the better question, was America recreated in 1865? Do will still live under the original Constitution. Noah Feldman a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 723: "Progressive Originalism" and the 14th Amendment
Does "Progressive Originalism" exist? And what does it mean? Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick recently published an extensive history of the 14th Amend…
3 years, 6 months ago