Jonah invites Jay Cost, AEI Visiting Fellow and author of The Price of Greatness, onto The Remnant for a very nerdy discussion of republicanism, the Founding, and the state of our government.
Show Notes:
- Check out this episode’s sponsor, Conversations with Kristol.
- Jay Cost’s new book, The Price of Greatness.
- And one of his previous books, A Republic No More.
- I haven’t read Jake Tapper’s novel yet, but you should.
- A piece I wrote on Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment now.
- Yuval Levin’s book on Burke and Paine.
- Jay’s NR piece about how the left is becoming more Hamiltonian.
- If you haven’t yet, you should purchase a copy of my book Tyranny of Clichés.
- And my latest book Suicide of the West.
- David Hume on patronage.
- The dumbest piece of advice in City Slickers.
- The boombox scene from Say Anything.
- I know it when I see it.
- Cost versus the International Society of Woodrow Wilson Haters.
- You can read more about the terribleness of the Wilson presidency in Liberal Fascism.
- Locke’s Second Treatise.
- Madison’s piece de resistance.
- Jay Cost on Conversations with Kristol.
- Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
- Last week’s episode of The Remnant.
- An article I wrote about the weakness of the political parties.
- And a video I did for AEI on the same subject.
- The Gamesters of Triskelion.
- The Own the Libs Bot on Twitter.
- George W. Bush’s World Trade Center speech.
- Bush’s opening pitch in Yankee Stadium.
- Barack Obama’s speech following the Gabby Giffords shooting.
- Hayek’s The Use of Knowledge in Society.
- Donald Trump’s “I alone can fix it” moment.
- Michael Barone’s Our Country.
- The trailer for Barton Fink.
- Jay Cost’s and Comfortably Smug’s…erm…Luke Thompson’s podcast.
- Please subscribe and review on iTunes and Stitcher.
- Now I am the master.
