Ordered Liberty
Summary: In a world where religion is more potent than culture, and culture is more potent than politics, David French and Alexandra DeSanctis are your guides to the debates and issues that matter most. N.B. The most recent ten episodes of this podcast are available on this feed. Full archives are available at NationalReview.com.
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Podcasts:
David and Alexandra discuss a monstrous injustice in Great Britain and then break down the Supreme Court oral arguments in the travel ban case.
David and Alexandra discuss the worst forms of bad-faith political argument and break down the latest developments in California's quest to censor Christian speech.
David and Alexandra break down a stupendously unconstitutional proposed California law and discuss what it means for the American culture wars.
David and Alexandra answer Jonathan Chait's question: "Why aren't more Never Trumpers willing to support the opposition party?"
David and Alexandra ask why soldiers at war sometimes exercise greater discipline than police at home, then they break down a bad gun control column in the New York Times.
David and Alexandra take on the haters. Kevin Williamson has sailed from National Review to The Atlantic, and some progressives are very, very displeased. David and Alexandra examine the ongoing backlash against conservatives who join mainstream media opinion pages.
David and Alexandra compare and contrast media coverage of the March for Life and the March for our Lives, discuss the problems with the gun control arguments made at the march, and then jump topics completely to briefly address marijuana legalization.
David and Alexandra analyze the political effect of the latest twists and turns in the Stormy Daniels saga and discuss California's abortion extremism, on display earlier this week at the Supreme Court.
David and Alexandra respond to the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus and her support for aborting children with Down Syndrome, they discuss the phrase "personally pro-life," and David discusses the Second Amendment implications of yet another terrible crime in Florida.
David and Alexandra discuss their podcast's strange new name, Michael Gerson's critique of evangelicals in The Atlantic, and the Christian community's real sin in the age of Trump.
David and Alexandra discuss the corporate campaign against the NRA, compare media coverage of the NRA and Planned Parenthood, and discuss the most important story in the world that (almost) no one is talking about.
David and Alexandra discuss the vicious CNN town hall meeting, the mutual loathing that characterizes the gun debate, and discuss whether civility equals ideological disarmament.
David and Alexandra discuss the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, including the weight we should give to the political arguments of the survivors, whether conservatives can support gun violence restraining orders, and why an assault weapons ban is still a bad idea.
David and Alexandra talk about social justice pile-ons and capitulating Christians—including how Americans lose religious liberty even when the government doesn't act. They wind up with a discussion of the ever-shifting "Overton Window."
David and Alexandra talk to David Bahnsen about his new book -- born out of the financial crisis -- and how both major parties are failing to address the crisis of responsibility that is gripping part of the American public.