When Xerxes, king of Persia, was on the march,He met a beauty, marvelous and fair,And hung her round with costly ornaments,Tasking a man to be her paladin:So says the Persian-born Herodotus. Her lovely tent of green threshed light from air,And crooked, wide-flung branches sought the ground,Rambled, . . . . Continue Reading »
Entrained, en masse, an ebb as from a beach:the tide drawn by the Capitol (the domeour moon) subsides. We move as one, yet eachtoward some divisibility called home. The trope (an ocean’s oneness) seemed more apt,or felt more apt, when, not so long ago,the “each” was not each entity enraptby . . . . Continue Reading »
On this episode, Akhil Reed Amar joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Yoram Hazony joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Vincent Phillip Muñoz joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses. Continue Reading »
On this episode, William Deresiewicz joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Andrew Klavan joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Dominic Green joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Religious Revolution: The Birth of Modern Spirituality, 1848–1898. Continue Reading »
American Empire Congratulations to Nigel Biggar for his “A Christian Defense of American Empire” (October). As three generations of descendants of the loyalist Andrew Oliver, who was commissioned to administer the unpopular Stamp Act in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, we were pleased to read . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you believe that Halbrand insulted Miriel, queen regent of Númenor, by saying she was either blind or an elf-lover? What about all the drama at Princess Rhaenyra and Ser Laenor’s wedding? And how excited are you to meet Radovid, King Vizimir’s dastardly playboy of a brother? If you’ve . . . . Continue Reading »
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