We continue our series on the book Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic: The Legacy of Angelo M. Codevilla by discussing chapter 2: “Angelo Codevilla, The Anti-Millenarian” by Robert Reilly. 

Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.

Opening and closing music from “2020 Vision (Worse than Blind)” by Fred Lancia. Used with permission.

Opening (0:53) - We discuss Patriots' recent success and trying to wait as long as possible to turn on the heat. 

Review: “The Man Who Kept the CIA Up at Night” (3:04) - We review the lessons of the first chapter of Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic. Link: J. Michael Waller, “The Man Who Kept the CIA Up at Night”.

“Angelo Codevilla, the Anti-Millenarian” (8:23) - We discuss Dr. Codevilla's rejection of millenarianism and the threat of the millennial impulse that runs through all of us. Link: Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic: The Legacy of Angelo M. Codevilla at Encounter Books 

“Millenarian Mobs” (20:20) - We discuss Dr. Codevilla’s summer 2020 article analyzing the roots of millenarianism. Link: Angelo Codevilla, “Millenarian Mobs”

Tocqueville’s Crystal Ball (41:05) - We review the progress of our baseball playoffs picks (Dave continues his remarkable run) and then, with the NBA season starting next week, make our preseason predictions for Eastern Conference, Western Conference, and overall NBA champion. 

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Matt Parks and David Corbin both taught politics at The King’s College in New York City and have written together on reviving American republicanism, The Federalist, and Democracy in America. All views expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker and not necessarily those of their present or former employers.