The Southern Critics

Should we still trust the plan?

Coolidge was right about immigration

We revisit Calvin Coolidge’s immigration essay and apply it to the modern crisis. From cultural cohesion to policy failure, this episode explores why his framework still holds and what it means for America now.

The Southern Critics

A conversation with C.Jay Engel and Glenn Arbery on the Southern critics, what they opposed, what they defended, and how their arguments challenge the modern American order.

Unconditional Surrender as the End of Christian Peace

This episode looks at how the rise of the United States helped unravel the Westphalian system built after the Peace of Westphalia. While the system began to weaken after World War I and World War II, it was the U.S. that reshaped it.

Discussion: Lee Cogdon on Soviet Containment Strategist George Kennan

Wide-ranging conversation with C.Jay Engel and Lee Cogdon unpacking the life and legacy of George Kennan the architect of Soviet containment. We explore Kennan’s role in shaping early Cold War strategy, the intellectual foundations of containment, and how his ideas were interpreted (and often misapplied) by U.S. policymakers.