Dec. 20, 2025
Fareed Zakaria on U.S. Isolationism and Opposition to Immigration (The Washington Post, December 19, 2025)
Columnist Fareed Zakaria assesses the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy and draws parallels between it and American opposition to immigration in the 1920s and American isolationism in the 1930s in his Washington Post column of December 19, 2025. If you have a Washington Post subscription, you can read his column here.
Wed discuss these themes in our "America First" series. We discuss American anti-immigration policies in the 1920s in Episode 102 and isolationism in the 1930s in Episode 105 and Episode 106.
Upcoming Episodes — New Series Premiere!
Episode 201 (new series "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus" premieres December 24!): Ben Franklin got China wrong, and America still does today! Marshall again will lead our discussion in a new series, “Tea, Drugs, and Jesus,” looking…
Karen Tumulty on U.S. Nativism (The Washington Post, December 7, 2025)
Columnist Karen Tumulty compares U.S. nativism of the 1920s with that of today in her Washington Post column of December 7, 2025, discussing themes we also covered in our "America First" series. If you have a Washington Post subscription, you can re…
