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  • Review: Immigration and the American Identity edited by Thomas Fleming
    2025/02/01
    In this episode I look at the immigration crisis is terms of population control and the environment, as well as the long failure of politicians to respond to the overwhelming opposition of the American public to the ongoing flood of both legal and illegal immigration, as detailed in Immigration and the American Identity from Chronicles Magazine and Thomas Fleming.
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    1 時間 32 分
  • Review: The Conservative Movement by Paul Gottfried
    2025/01/26
    In this episode I look at the Goldwater campaign, the battle over human nature in academia, and the revival of antiestablishment fusionism among the paleocons and paleolibertarians, as described by Paul Gottfried in The Conservative Movement.
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    1 時間 20 分
  • Review: The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America by George Nash
    2025/01/11
    In this episode I look at the birth of National Review, its controversies, and the resolution provided by Fusionism, all described in George Nash's expansive Conservative Intellectual Movement in America SInce 1945.
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    1 時間 7 分
  • Review: The Betrayal of the American Right by Murray Rothbard
    2025/01/05
    In this episode, I look at the Old Right, its birth in the lead-up to World War 2, and its death at the hands of Wall Street Republicans, Dwight Eisenhower, and National Review as described in the fantastic book, The Betrayal of the American Right by Murray Rothbard.
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Review: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (Part 2)
    2024/12/27
    In this episode I continue my exploration of William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience, with a focus on the conversion process and the subconscious mind.
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    1 時間 5 分
  • Review: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (Part 1)
    2024/12/24
    In this episode I dive into the healthy mind and the sick soul, the foundational concepts of William James' masterpiece, The Varieties of Religious Experience. This is the first of a two-part series.
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    1 時間 21 分
  • Review: The Odyssey of the American Right by Michael W. Miles
    2024/12/18
    In this episode I explore the early nationalism of the Republican Party from the New Deal to the Cold War, as described in Michael Miles' Odessey of the American Right, with particular attention paid to US foreign policy at that time.
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    1 時間 24 分
  • Review: The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand
    2024/12/08
    In this episode I look at the contrast, ruptures, and uncertainties among three early Pragmatists: Charles Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, as detailed in Louis Menand's bestselling The Metaphysical Club. I also examine Randolph Bourne's use of Pragmatism to justify cosmopolitan immigration and the unaccountable bureaucracy of the American Association of University Professors.
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    1 時間 45 分