Ceaserian Meaning Analysis and the Electoral College

by Peter Lawler

BIG THOUGHT HERE . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2012 0

Romney has it.

by Kate Pitrone

I am not presenting much new about the election and the political scientists here have far more information than I do, by profession.  However, observing the political scene and responding to the recent posts here, I feel compelled to weigh in.  I believe Romney is winning the . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2012 0

cartesian political analysis

by James Ceaser

From the weekly standard this week: For the small school of political analysis that draws its inspiration from the great French 17th-century philosopher René Descartes, the cardinal methodological rule is to begin from what one can know “so clearly and distinctly as to exclude all ground . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2012 0

Angry Rock Critic

by John Presnall

I’m an a**hole, but such as we can see only by starlight  I like to think I have something to say. So says the Smashing Pumpkins with which Carl would immediately say is stupid, because he is the go to guy on anything regarding music. Even if his historicist nonsense should not be called . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2012 0

The War in Katanga and the Book of Literary Criticism Indirectly Responsible for It

by Helen Andrews

As far as I know, Conor Cruise O’Brien’s Maria Cross: Imaginative Patterns in a Group of Catholic Writers is the only book of literary criticism ever to be responsible for a war. It was on the basis of this book that Dag Hammarskjöld plucked its author from the Irish delegation at . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2012 0

GIRLS, ANIMAL HOUSE, and the Presidential Campaign

by Peter Lawler

1. So I’ll tell you about Ralph’s great conference later. 2. Well, one thing now: Russell Hittinger, who gave a fine lecture on Catholic defenses of marriage and the family against the modern state’s various efforts (beginning with the French Revolution) to reduce people to . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2012 0

Political Notes

by Pete Spiliakos

1. Romney has reached the arbitrary but psychologically significant (for me and maybe only for me) lead of 1% in then RCP average. That is his biggest lead since October 13. More importantly, Obama’s average job approval is down to 48.3% . That is the lowest his job approval has been since . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2012 0

What We Never Saw from the Legacy Media for Four Years

by Carl Scott

Exemplified by this local news Colorado interview with President Obama . Real questions, with a bias towards tough questions. And, our president handles them well enough, even if noticeably displeased. Legacy media, would it have been so hard? Four years? Oh, boo-hoo, the White House press . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2012 0

How Many Pro Lifers Will Vote Obama?

by Robert P. George

In 2008 there were some serious pro-life people who actually bought the kind of argument Charles Reid is once again selling. I’m confident that it won’t happen this time. Those were “messianic days” when grown men and women could talk themselves into believing that . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2012 0

Now I Know Why Tigers Eat (Emotionally Abuse?) Their Young

by Pete Spiliakos

I’ve been thinking a little bit about the 1980s comedy Caddyshack and what that movie might tell us about our changing perceptions of the wealthy. The fellow that was originally supposed to be the main character was a young caddie who was trying to figure out how to get to college without . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2012 0