Here’s a classic case of local interests pitted against national administrative despots: some Irish locals want to moderate the drunk driving laws, because the practical effect they have is to keep older rural citizens isolated in their homes at night, killing the pubs. Losing one’s . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m sure a few of you have read this Dennis Prager piece, Why Young Americans Can’t Think Morally on NRO, or have otherwise read about the study of Millenials’ moral thinking he’s referring to. Bottom line for Prager: no belief in God, no morality beyond emotivism, and so the . . . . Continue Reading »
TWO collections of Wilson Carey McWilliams essays! Patrick Deneen introduces them here . One is more America-oriented, the other more general. Wendell Berry is the muse, model, and poet of Porcherism, but McWilliams is its real political philosopher. Or deserves . . . . Continue Reading »
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