Lincoln’s history-changing victory at the 1860 Republican convention

January 28, 2023 by

Edward Achorn discusses his new book on Abraham Lincoln’s miraculous nomination at the 1860 Republican convention, which changed the course of history, with hosts Llewellyn King and Linda Gasparello.

How U.S. Natural Gas Came Back from the Dead

Llewellyn King

The Trump administration is proud of America’s dominance in natural gas. The nation is the world’s largest producer and a net exporter. We produce a quarter of the world supply of the fuel, which has become fundamental to electricity production. Forty-three percent of our electricity is generated from natural gas. According to the Energy Information […]

Foreign Aid That Works — the Malawi Story

Llewellyn King

In 2005, Gordon Brown, British chancellor of the exchequer, later prime minister, was in Washington, seeking to raise $50 billion annually in additional international aid for Africa. I hosted a press event for Brown at the National Press Club, and I asked him how all this money would get to the people who needed it? […]

Is Rubio Starting a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East?

Llewellyn King

The Trump administration has announced and appears to be crowing over an agreement with Saudi Arabia to help the kingdom not only to build nuclear power plants but also to enrich the uranium fuel. There is no reason for the Saudis to enrich uranium. There are plenty of willing suppliers of enriched uranium and more […]

Soft Power, the Secret Sauce of the British Empire

Llewellyn King

When President Trump, on the first day of his second term, closed the U.S. Agency for International Development and began dismantling the Voice of America, he also severely curtailed what had been America’s soft power dominance in the world. With those actions, we abandoned something of inestimable value: the ability to project Americanism, our ideals. […]