Paul Begala on Bill Clinton and the Clinton White House
Paul Begala is a political adviser, commentator, and former Counselor to President Bill Clinton. In this conversation with Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, Begala gives an inside account of the...
16 Mar 20151h 14min
James Ceaser on the Constitution and Constitutional Politics
A professor of politics at the University of Virginia, James Ceaser is one of the leading authorities on American Constitutionalism. In this conversation, Ceaser explains why the Constitution should p...
2 Mar 20151h 5min
Bill Bennett on the Book of Virtues, Education Reform, and the War on Drugs
In this conversation, Bill Bennett reflects on key moments in his distinguished career, particular his tenure as secretary of education under Ronald Reagan, his work as the first drug czar under Georg...
16 Feb 20151h 11min
Frederick W. Kagan on the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at home
Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, Fred Kagan is a foreign policy strategist and military historian. In this conversation, Kagan and Kristol discuss the str...
2 Feb 20151h 34min
Harvey Mansfield on Party Government and Modern Political Philosophy
This is the third conversation in our ongoing series with the distinguished Harvard political philosopher Harvey Mansfield. In this conversation, Harvey Mansfield and William Kristol explore the disti...
19 Jan 20151h 36min
Newt Gingrich on the 1994 Republican Revolution and his Career in Politics
In this conversation, Gingrich gives an inside account of the 1994 Republican Revolution, when Republicans took control of both Houses of Congress for the first time in forty years. The former speaker...
5 Jan 20151h 46min
Jim Manzi on the Scientific Method in Business and Government
Jim Manzi is the founder and chairman of Applied Predictive Technologies, a software company that enables businesses to design and conduct large-scale experiments, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan...
22 Des 20141h 10min
Ruth Wisse on anti-Semitism, Jewish Politics, and Yiddish Literature
Ruth Wisse is Research Professor of Yiddish and Comparative Literature at Harvard and a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Tikvah Fund. In this conversation, Kristol and Wisse discuss the politics of ...
8 Des 20141h 48min
