Mark Melton was the managing editor for Providence from 2020 to 2022 and was the journal’s inaugural deputy editor from 2015 to 2020. He earned his master’s degree in international relations from the University of St. Andrews, and his bachelor’s degree in foreign language and international trade comes from Mississippi College. Prior to moving to DC, he worked as a political science adjunct professor at community colleges in Mississippi and taught English in France.
This week the editors discuss nuclear threats from Russia, the war in Ukraine, and Mark David Hall’s article about trying to measure Christian nationalism.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonMarch 4, 2022
This week the editors discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonFebruary 25, 2022
This week the editors discuss Braulia Ribeiro’s article about a Pentecostal church in Brazil, Mark Tooley’s article about integralism, and a 75-year-old piece about evangelism.
Mark Tooley & Mark MeltonFebruary 18, 2022
This week the editors discuss Eric Patterson’s article about boycotting the Olympics, Lubomir Martin Ondrasek’s article about Václav Havel, and a New York Times editorial presenting an integralist foreign policy.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonFebruary 11, 2022
This week the editors discuss articles about the Olympics, integralism and post-liberalism, and Taiwan.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonFebruary 4, 2022
This week the editors discuss the Ukraine-Russia crisis, an article by Mark Royce comparing the Soviet threat during the Cold War and the current China challenge, and a book review of Tracy McKenzie’s We the Fallen People.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJanuary 28, 2022
This week the editors discuss articles by Lubomir Martin Ondrasek, Flynn Evans, and Mark Tooley.
Mark Tooley & Mark MeltonJanuary 21, 2022
This week the editors discuss Providence’s Advent series on hope.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonDecember 17, 2021
In this episode, the editors discuss articles about Alasdair MacIntyre’s recent talk about human dignity, whether according to international law Afghanistan was a US ally before the Taliban takeover, and on the possibility of an end-of-war declaration with North Korea.
Mark Tooley & Mark Melton & Marc LiVeccheNovember 19, 2021
The editors discuss the legacy of Colin Powell, Marc LiVecchhe and Daniel Strand’s discussion on the just war tradition and prudential considerations, and a 75-year-old editorial where Reinhold Niebuhr turns against Henry Wallace.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonNovember 5, 2021
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