Years ago, my mother and father, brother and I spent our summer vacations at the Downingtown Motor Inn in Pennsylvania. To me it was Shangri-la; a place of enchantment and matrix to many happy memories. One night, the hotel held a Jeopardy-type contest for kids that I wound up winning. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
The political debacle suffered by the Democratic Party tonight—it was not a validation of Republicans—had two major causes. One, beyond our scope here, was the economy and the president’s handling thereof. The second, unquestionably, was Obamacare. The American people . . . . Continue Reading »
(More excerpts here from Manent’s new book of interviews, Le Regard Politique – i.e., Seeing Things Politically ) When I met Aron I was carried away with admiration for him . . . Aron desired less than any man to exercise influence over people or to dominate a young man [such as I . . . . Continue Reading »
In ecumenical news: A proposed agreement between the American Catholic bishops and four Reformed “ecclesial communities”, including the mainline Presbyterian Church USA, appears to ignore the Vatican’s concerns about the mode of baptism, according to CatholicCulture.org. . . . . Continue Reading »
Father George Rutler’s reflection on All Saints and All Souls Days , and the fact that “A culture of death does not make the transition from All Hallows Eve to All Hallows Day,” much less to All Souls day. A mainlander teaches in Hawaii reflects on the pitfalls and surprises of . . . . Continue Reading »
Since I have a Ph.D. in political science (albeit from a Canadian university), some people expect me to know something about voting behavior. At this time of year, I try not to embarrass myself too badly. With that in mind, I promise to make some not too poorly informed comments on this site in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Even on a normal day I don’t really like talking about politics. But I really, really hate talking about politics on election day. Unfortunately, that’s about all that anyone wants to discuss. And its almost all you’ll hear about on the blogs, radio, and cable news for the . . . . Continue Reading »
When I went to college, a pretty clear distinction existed between what was often called “the humanities” and the hard sciences, e.g. biology, physics, chemestry, etc. Since then, liberalism has cast itself as the ideology of science. Perhaps that is why liberals in the . . . . Continue Reading »
In a late, hot-off-the-keyboard article that appears as the second “On the Square” article today, law professor Gregory Laughlin rejects — or maybe “refutes” is the better word — the inability or unwillingness of the courts (circuit and supreme) to recognize that . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week we posted the video ” So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities? ,” which humorously cautioned students about what they could expect if they pursued a doctorate. My fellow FT blogger Matthew Milliner , a Ph.D student in Art History at Princeton, produced a response video. . . . . Continue Reading »
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