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The Porch and Charity

Here are some comments that you can fully understand only by going to the Front Porch Republic site under “Part Deux.” They’re meant in complete love and respect: This is way too much to read. So only five comments: 1. Where can I get some of that french fried latte? 2. Even . . . . Continue Reading »

Dr. Pat and Dr. Karl

Here’s my response to Deneen’s just concern that his fans my be scared off by my accusing him of being too Marxist: Here’s Marx: Who a human being is is determined by HISTORY (you paleos should love him—he really, really takes history seriously)—that is, by the . . . . Continue Reading »

Talkin’ Sex Vote Liberaltarian Blues

At No Left Turns, friend to pomocons Joe Knippenberg has set off a (mostly) nice conversation on sex vote stuff. He adds: I’d ask another question as well: doesn’t the pursuit of self-gratification in all its forms undermine the responsibility necessary for vindicating one’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Warped Space, Broken Form

While we’re on the subject of form, I recently stumbled upon University of Texas mathematics professor Nikos Salingaros’ phenomenal work Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction , a short excerpt of which is posted on his faculty page: In wanting to explain a cultural mystery — why . . . . Continue Reading »

The Death of the Reader

One of the tenets of deconstruction is that all texts resist closure. There is always more than one meaning to a text. There is a kernel of truth in this. Because of our finite nature, there are certain things that human language cannot express, and because our nature is further limited by the . . . . Continue Reading »

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