Here are a few nuggets from the interview with Ben Sasse that Pete highlights below. I think most Americans believe in a basic social safety net. But if there are 3–5 million hard-to-insure people right now, why are we disrupting the 165 million persons in an employer-sponsored insurance . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve heard of Bonaventure’s famous image of faith and reason as two wings by which the soul flies toward God? Well, evangelicals have two wings, one devoted to that mystical ascent of faith and the other toward the rational exposition of the faith. These two wings are the revivalist and . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve heard of group-think, right? Terrible phenomenon, caused no one to stand up to LBJ when the fateful decisions that got us further entangled Vietnam were being “debated,” for example. Psychologists can tell you all about it. Today, Marc Thiessen , a pull-no-punches . . . . Continue Reading »
David Weigel has a good (both civil and probing) interview with Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse. I’m not sure I agree with Weigel’s framing of Sasse as a Ted-Cruz-type. Reading the Weigel interview and other stories about Sasse, my sense is that Sasse . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Monday! We have a lot for you today, so let’s dive in. Over at Postmodern Conservative , Egypt’s fortunes are looking up, Lou Reed is still mourned , Patrick Deneen’s take on Tocqueville is still wrong , and Carl Scott wants to introduce you to Duke Ellington. “Can we . . . . Continue Reading »
The polarization of Congress is much-discussed among journalists, commentators, and political scientists. The fact of congressional polarization seems true, as can be seen from the figure below, taken from the National Journal . In 1982, 344 of 435 House members were ideologically . . . . Continue Reading »
Perennial embarrassment David Barton, desperate for attention after the humiliating events surrounding his last book, is making noises about running for Senate . Barton “advisor” Rick Green is making statements to the press that reflect all the modesty, self-awareness and mastery of . . . . Continue Reading »
Pot and Jackpots Ross Douthat, New York Times On Dworkin’s Worldview Moshe Halbertal, New Republic Are Christian Mothers Human? Leslie Leyland Fields, Books & Culture Cowboys and Calvinists Peter Berger, American Interest The Church Didn’t Invent Celibacy Philip Jenkins, . . . . Continue Reading »
I mentioned the new biography on Duke Ellington in an earlier post, and this weekend NRO has an interview with its author Terry Teachout, titled Duke 101 . I can’t recommend the book enough—the interview highlights some of its contributions, and begins to suggest why Teachout is the . . . . Continue Reading »
So, Sesame Street brought on Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor to tell little girls to ditch the princess swag and start dreaming of law school . Poor Sesame Street. They try so hard, but fail to ask the simple million dollar question: Am I implicitly assuming that female nature is . . . . Continue Reading »
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