When my students ask me–and soon enough they learn not to ask me–I always tell them I’m an unrepentant left-winger; after all, I’ve never thought that a Capetian monarch should rule France, so once that question is settled, I’m pretty well in place on that question. Of course, the seating arrangements in the Estats General have come down to us as our lexical inheritance, so I suppose we should talk a bit about the Right. The good news here is that we’ve invited Matt Continetti to the show, whose recent book The Right gives us a good sense of the tensions that characterize conservatism over the last century or so.
Nathan Gilmour talks with Harvey Weingarten about his recent book "Nothing Less than Great."
Coyle Neal chats with Kenneth Stewart about his recent book "In Search of Ancient Roots" and other things.
Nathan Gilmour interviews Vern Poythress about his recent book "Trinity and Knowing."