Feb 22, 2018
The Preacher in Ecclesiastes says the end of a matter is better than the beginning. Not for Britain in World War II, however.
Editor’s note: This podcast originally aired in May, 2019.
Greg Weiner, contributing editor to Law & Liberty, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Assumption College, returns to Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book, Old Whigs: Burke, Lincoln & the Politics of Prudence.
The Preacher in Ecclesiastes says the end of a matter is better than the beginning. Not for Britain in World War II, however.
A more balanced critique of the Attorney General's view of the scope of executive power would be both more persuasive and less polarizing.
In The Crown, the ideology of autonomy and endless emancipation, one that has shaped the post 1968 imagination, stands under judgment.