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Andrew J. Bacevich is professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. He is the author of America's War for the Greater Middle East.

February 1, 2019|Andrew Bacevich, Christopher Lasch, Donald Trump, Iraq War, Middle East, Twilight of the American Century

“Slouching Towards Mar-a-Lago:” A Conversation with Andrew Bacevich

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Andrew Bacevich discusses his new book Twilight of the American Century

Borne Back to the American Founding: A Conversation with George Will

A discussion with George F. Will

George Will discusses the meaning of the Conservative Sensibility in American politics.

Dismantling the Leftist Academic Complex: A Conversation with Roger Scruton

A discussion with Sir Roger Scruton

Scruton's crime was to have attempted to take the New Left seriously, finding it severely wanting, if not absurd.

Politics as War: A Conversation with David Davenport

A discussion with David Davenport

David Davenport discusses how we lost "the cool, deliberate sense of the community" in making public policy and embraced the war metaphor.

Why Higher Education Is a Cartel: A Conversation with Todd Zywicki

A discussion with Todd Zywicki

Todd Zywicki joins this episode to discuss the bad economics and perverse regulatory framework of higher education.

Skewering “the Pretense of Knowledge” in the Financial Realm

Alex Pollock punctures the mystique of the “experts”— including the Fed, “an independent governmental fiefdom of alleged Platonic economic guardians.”
by Pierre Lemieux
Transparency and the Law in France

Judges are likely to dislike data analytics, but that is no reason to oppose them.
by John O. McGinnis
Brexplaining the UK’s Future

The Tories, the civil service, and Labour are tripping over each other and falling down separate flights of stairs while the nation watches in dismay.
by Helen Dale
The European Union and the Fate of Nations

Unless elites propose to elect another people, as Bertold Brecht joked, they'll just have to stop calling it “far right.”
by Titus Techera
Constitutional Text and State Sovereign Immunity

Many of the Supreme Court’s decisions as to state sovereign immunity are problematic, but there is an originalist basis for some of those decisions.
by Mike Rappaport

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