John Fonte, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the author of Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others? (Encounter), offers his thoughts on “transnational progressivism” and the forces abetting it.

An adapted form of this address appeared in the January 2020 issue of The New Criterion as “Sovereignty & its enemies.”

Victor Davis Hanson, who is the 2019–20 Visiting Critic for The New Criterion, discusses the notion of citizenship as understood in the twenty-first century. Audio taken from The New Criterion’s “Sovereignty or Submission” conference in Washington, D.C.

An adapted form of this address appeared in the January 2020 issue of The New Criterion as “Pre- and post-citizens.”

Jay begins with a Schubert work, and some singers and pianists who have performed it. He moves on to a funky, frenetic thing called “Techno-Parade.” Later, there is some Wagner by a great new singer. There is some immortal Rachmaninoff. And, at the very end, a song by the late Jerry Herman: “It’s Today,” from Mame. A diverse, appetizing musical menu.

Tracks played:

Schubert, Winterreise, Schäfer and Schneider

Schubert, Winterreise, Hotter and Raucheisen

Schubert, Winterreise, Schreier and Eschenbach

Connesson, “Techno-Parade”

“The Lark in the Clear Air” (arr. Michael McHale)

Wagner, “Dich, teure Halle,” from Tannhäuser

Rachmaninoff, “Let Now Thy Servant Depart in Peace,” from Vespers

Herman, “It’s Today,” from Mame

James Piereson, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses the genesis of the American nation-state. Audio taken from The New Criterion’s “Sovereignty or Submission” conference in Washington, D.C.

An adapted form of this address appeared in the January 2020 issue of The New Criterion as “The idea of an American nation.”