Ill Literacy: Books with Benson

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Dr. Fredrik Logevall of Harvard University to discuss his new book, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956. They begin by talking how Jack’s life parallel’s the rise of the United States as a world power. They also chat about Jack’s early years, his relationship with his parents and siblings, and the ongoing series of illnesses, maladies, and injuries that befall him. Jack’s college years, Joe Senior’s ambassadorship, PT-109, Jack’s congressional career, Profiles in Courage, Nixon, McCarthy, Jackie, and his run for the Veep slot under Stevenson in 1956 also come up for discussion. 

Get the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/242113/jfk-by-fredrik-logevall/

Show Notes:

Foreign Policy: Richard Aldous – The 4 False Deathbeds of John F. Kennedy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/19/the-4-false-deathbeds-of-john-f-kennedy/

The Guardian: David Runciman – JFK: Volume One by Fredrik Logevall review – the Kennedys and the Trumps

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/05/jfk-volume-one-by-fredrik-logevall-review-the-kennedys-and-the-trumps

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century 1917-1956 (VIDEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEJzHATb9eo

The New York Times: David M. Kennedy – Groomed to be President

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/books/review/jfk-fredrik-logevall.html

The Spectator: Andrew Preston – The magic of JFK remains undimmed

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-magic-of-jfk-remains-undimmed

The Telegraph: Duncan White – Think you know JFK? This biography will open your eyes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/think-know-jfk-biography-will-open-eyes/

The Times: Daniel Finkelstein – JFK: Volume 1 by Fredrik Logevall review — dazzling in love and war

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jfk-volume-1-by-fredrik-logevall-review-kennedy-5p0djd9bq

Times Literary Supplement: Eric Foner – His own man

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/jfk-fredrik-logevall-book-review/

The Wall Street Journal: Philip Terzian – ‘JFK’ Review: The Road to Camelot

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jfk-review-the-road-to-camelot-11600633498

The Washington Post: Evan Thomas – A far deeper, worthier and more interesting JFK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-far-deeper-worthier-and-more-interesting-jfk/2020/09/24/16e216ec-e6f9-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (VIDEO)

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/jfk-coming-age-american-century-1917-1956

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by the Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro to discuss his new book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court. They chat about Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination, how politics has always intruded on the SCOTUS nomination process going all the way back to George Washington, and go through a short history of these nomination battles. They also talk about why the process has become so explosive in the last forty years, and different ways this could be remedied.

Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Disorder-Judicial-Nominations-Politics/dp/1713523736

Show Notes:

Acton Line: Supreme Disorder and SCOTUS politics with Ilya Shapiro

https://www.acton.org/audio/supreme-disorder-and-scotus-politics-ilya-shapiro

James Wilson Institute Podcast: Ilya Shapiro on “Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court”

http://commentary.jameswilsoninstitute.org/2020/09/podcast-ilya-shapiro-on-supreme-disorder-judicial-nominations-and-the-politics-of-americas-highest-court/

Matt Lewis and the News: Ilya Shapiro on Supreme Disorder

https://www.mattklewis.com/matt-lewis-and-the-news/ilya-shapiro-on-supreme-disorder/

National Review: Robert Verbruggen – What’s Gone Wrong with the Supreme Court — and How to Fix It

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/book-review-supreme-disorder-supreme-court-problems-how-to-fix/

SCOTUS 101 Podcast: Ilya Shapiro discusses his book, “Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court”

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/media-highlights-radio/ilya-shapiro-discusses-book-supreme-disorder-judicial-9

Washington Examiner: Kyle Sammin – Why Supreme Court nominations went off the rails

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-supreme-court-nominations-went-off-the-rails

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by The American Conservative’s Rod Dreher to discuss his new book, Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents. They discuss “soft totalitarianism,” how totalitarianism differs from authoritarianism, and how to “live in truth.” They discuss woke capitalism, cancel culture, and how progressivism is turning itself into an ersatz religion. Dreher also explains how faith is the bedrock of resistance and why, counterintuitively to most people, suffering can be a gift.

Get the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622436/live-not-by-lies-by-rod-dreher/

Show Notes:

The Catholic World Report: Francis X. Maier – It can’t happen here: A review of Live Not By Lies

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/06/it-cant-happen-here-a-review-of-live-not-by-lies/

Conciliar Post: John Ehrett – Book review “Live Not By Lies”

https://conciliarpost.com/reviews/book-reviews/book-review-live-not-by-lies/

The Eric Metaxas Radio Show: Rod Dreher | "Live Not by Lies" Shares Stories of Survivors Of Soviet Persecution To Warn Americans (VIDEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHOsZvDJ4H4

First Things: Sohrab Ahmari – Resist in Truth

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/11/resist-in-truth

First Things Podcast: Live Not By Lies

https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2020/10/live-not-by-lies

Front Porch Republic: James Clark – Fidelity to the Truth in an Illiberal Time, on Rod Dreher’s Live Not by Lies

https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2020/09/fidelity-to-the-truth-in-an-illiberal-time-on-rod-drehers-live-not-by-lies/

Law & Liberty: James M. Patterson – Soft Totalitarianism, Coming or Going?

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/soft-totalitarianism-coming-or-going/

Matt Lewis and the News: Rod Dreher on Live Not by Lies (VIDEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caQsreT755w

National Review: James E. Person Jr. – Rod Dreher’s Advice for Christians in a Secular Age

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/10/05/rod-drehers-advice-for-christians-in-a-secular-age/

Public Discourse: Daniel J. Mahoney – Affirming Reality by Rejecting the Lie

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2020/09/71162/

TAC Right Now: Rod Dreher on 'Live Not By Lies'

https://amconrightnow.libsyn.com/rod-dreher-on-live-not-by-lies

Wall Street Journal: Barton Swaim – Political Books: After the Culture War

https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-books-after-the-culture-war-11601680817

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by National Review’s Kevin D. Williamson to discuss his new book, Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the "Real America". They talk about American dysfunction and failure—both personal and institutional, and the rise of resentment politics. They also delve into American weirdness: flat-earther conventions, Kremlin-backed California secessionists, and the men who travel to the AVN awards, to name a few, and also talk about why conservatives and libertarians need to be a bit more circumspect regarding the tradeoffs of some of the policies they champion.

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by the Cato Institute’s Marian L. Tupy to discuss the new book he co-authored with Ronald Bailey, Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting. They talk about how the view the world is getting progressively worse, shared by a large majority of Americans, is grossly mistaken. Tupy sheds light on how global metrics on poverty, life expectancy, nutrition, violence, human health and attainment, and material abundance, among many others, are all improving.

Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Global-Trends-Every-Smart-Person/dp/1948647737

Show Notes:

Human Progress: Ten Global Trends with Matt Ridley | HumanProgress Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ImZ-IZ9AY

Political Economy with James Pethokoukis: Ronald Bailey: Global trends every smart person should know

https://www.aei.org/multimedia/ronald-bailey-global-trends-every-smart-person-should-know/

The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie: Ronald Bailey: The World Is Getting Cleaner, Richer, and Safer

https://reason.com/podcast/ronald-bailey-the-world-is-getting-cleaner-richer-and-safer/

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg: Good Times, Bad Times

https://www.aei.org/multimedia/episode-254-good-times-bad-times/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Steven Dudley to discuss his new book, MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang. They discuss the history of the gang, both in El Salvador and the United States, how prison accelerated the gang’s growth and power, and in what ways public perceptions of the gang are incorrect.

Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/MS-13-Making-Worlds-Dangerous-Street/dp/1335005544

Show Notes:

New York Post: Brad Hamilton – How MS-13 went from wild kids to the most feared street gang in America

https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/how-ms-13-went-from-wild-kids-to-the-most-feared-street-gang-in-america/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Matt Ridley to discuss his book, How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom. They talk about this history of innovation, going all the way back to prehistory, and then touch on what Ridley considers innovation’s “essentials.” They also chat about how innovation is a gradual, “bottom-up” phenomenon, how science isn’t always the parent of innovation, and what the United States and Europe need to do better to unleash their full innovative potential.

Get the book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/how-innovation-works-matt-ridley?variant=32117444444194

Show Notes:

American Enterprise Institute: VIDEO: How innovation works: A book event with Matt Ridley

https://www.aei.org/events/webinar-how-innovation-works-a-book-event-with-matt-ridley/

The Daily Telegraph: Sherelle Jacobs – How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley review: the real mother of invention? It's not necessity

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/innovation-works-matt-ridley-review-real-mother-invention-not/

EconTalk: Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works

https://www.econtalk.org/matt-ridley-on-how-innovation-works/

Forbes: Calum Chance – How Innovation Works

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/06/01/how-innovation-works/#1ddaf7517ea9

Hudson Institute: VIDEO: Author Matt Ridley on "How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom"

https://www.hudson.org/events/1852-video-event-author-matt-ridley-on-how-innovation-works-and-why-it-flourishes-in-freedom-82020

National Review: Robert Zubrin – Innovating the World

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/book-review-how-innovation-works-matt-ridley/#slide-1

Quillette: Logan Chipkin – How Innovation Works—A Review

https://quillette.com/2020/05/29/how-innovation-works-a-review/

The Remnant: Ridley Me This & Ridley Returns

https://remnant.thedispatch.com/p/ridley-me-this-e74

https://remnant.thedispatch.com/p/ridley-returns-00b

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Andrew J. Bacevich to discuss the anthology he edited for the Library of America, American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition. They talk about the origination of the project, why the book’s start date was the 20th Century and not earlier, and the importance for everyone, not just conservatives, to understand this tradition. They also chat about why certain pieces and certain authors were chosen, Bacevich’s decision to exclude neoconservatives from the volume, and the intellectual future of conservatism.

Get the book here: https://loa.org/books/630-american-conservatism-reclaiming-an-intellectual-tradition

Show Notes:

The American Conservative: Andrew J. Bacevich – Conservatism Is Stewardship, Preserving Our Collective Inheritance

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/conservatism-is-stewardship-preserving-our-collective-inheritance/

Law & Liberty: Virginia Arbery – An Open Conservatism?

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/an-open-conservatism/

Library of America: American Conservatism: An “intellectual tradition worthy of respect and consideration”

https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1673-_american-conservatism_-an-intellectual-tradition-worthy-of-respect-and-consideration

Library of America: VIDEO: Andrew J. Bacevich and Sean Wilentz: What Is American Conservatism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dioWO4EH1E

National Review: Daniel J. Mahoney – The Conservative Intellectual Tradition: Recovering Old Wisdom

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/06/22/the-conservative-intellectual-tradition-recovering-old-wisdom/

The New York Times: George F. Will – The Mind of Conservatism

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/books/review/american-conservatism-andrew-j-bacevich.html

The Wall Street Journal: Barton Swaim – ‘American Conservatism’ Review: Doing the ‘Right’ Thing

https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-conservatism-review-doing-the-right-thing-11585923831

The Washington Post: Tim Page – Defining the essence of American conservatism (and excluding Trump)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/defining-the-essence-of-american-conservatism-and-excluding-trump/2020/04/30/641cff2c-83ed-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by two other Heartland guests, editorial director Justin Haskins and graphic designer Donny Kendal, about their contributions to Glenn Beck’s Arguing with Socialists. They discuss what socialism is, and what it isn’t, how socialism differs from communism, and how America’s economic problems are not the result of “too much” capitalism. They also chat about Venezuela, Scandinavia, talk about Heartland’s Stopping Socialism project, and delve into modern monetary theory, the Green New Deal, and how authoritarian regimes are using technology to control and harass their captive populations.

Get the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Arguing-with-Socialists/Glenn-Beck/9781982140502

Show Notes:

Stopping Socialism: https://stoppingsocialism.com/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Lee J. Strang Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Lee J. Strang to discuss his book, Originalism’s Promise: A Natural Law Account of the American Constitution. Strang conducts a “Con Law for Dummies” presentation for the benefit of Tim, and argues that originalism is the best explanation of our existing constitutional practice and why is it the most attractive theory of constitutional interpretation, easily accommodates societal and constitution change, and does a better job of advancing human flourishing than other schools of constitution interpretation. He then delves into the different schools of originalism, talks about accommodating non-originalist constitutional precedent, and the importance of judicial virtues in law and in constitutional interpretation.

Get the book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Originalisms-Promise-Natural-American-Constitution/dp/1108475639

Show Notes:

Ipse Dixit: Lee Strang on Originalism & Natural Law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200oDz_O2Dg

Law & Liberty: Justifying Originalism

https://lawliberty.org/podcast/justifying-originalism/