Hey, I know, this is Postmodern Conservative , and I should be telling you how the deep thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, Walker Percy, and The Velvet Underground’s third LP applies to the disastrous Obamacare Roll-out. But, beyond my knowing about such things, I’ve not got much . . . . Continue Reading »
Last Meals Brent Cunningham, Lapham’s Quarterly The Local, Universal Master Ingrid D. Rowland, New York Review of Books The Last Jew in Afghanistan Jessica Donati & Mirwais Harooni, Reuters The Boring Word in Theology Scot McKnight, Jesus Creed Jesuits, Dominicans, and the Reformation Br. . . . . Continue Reading »
Via Helen Rittelmeyer on Twitter, here is a lovely post by Brooke Conti on what we miss when we miss friendships from our younger days: When I was in my twenties, I was enmeshed in my friends’ lives in ways that went beyond our constant phone calls. We actually lived with each other, even . . . . Continue Reading »
I wish to thank Gerald McDermott for his response to my opening First Things blog . Rather than addressing what he says in a straightforward manner, in part because I recognize agreement on the basic thrust and do not wish to quibble over the details, let me propose a way forward. First, I think my . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s On The Square column is about how a limited government politics should do more to take our relational natures into account. . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare’s problems have taken a toll on the president’s job approval numbers. What is worse is that President Obama’s poll numbers are sinking even though the stock market is hitting new highs and the job market is slowly healing. Even the economy stays on the same path (or a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Catholic bishops of the United States have vowed to continue to resist the HHS Mandate, which forces Catholics and others to violate their consciences regarding grave issues of the human person and human life by requiring coverage of abortifacients, sterilization, and contraceptives. Rocco . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Wednesday! Here’s some stuff for you to read: Peter Lawler has a quiz over at Postmodern Conservative : your choices are TRUE, FALSE, or ESSAY. Peter Leithart has a post on Exodus and also a post on mimesis : “Are any of these [societal] roles me, or am I someone else who . . . . Continue Reading »
Is each of the following TRUE or FALSE? If you waffle, explain yourself with an essay. 1. I got this off the FACEBOOK rambles of disgruntled ex-conservative Bruce Bartlett, who spends his day calling attention to the many ways, in his view, Republicans are moralistic morons. (He’s not always . . . . Continue Reading »
Christopher Lasch, where are we when we need you? Today’s Wall Street Journal has a good column by William Galston that lays out in clear terms what we all feel in our bones: The great middle-class consensus that once dominated our society is dissolving. The middle class is eroding down . . . . Continue Reading »
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