Playing the Race Card and the New Western Imperialism
by Collin GarbarinoThailand is the only southeast-Asian nation that was never colonized by western powers, and the Thai pride themselves on being a “land of the free.” But now it seems that some in the West want to impose a bit of cultural imperialism on the Thai. Recently American media have criticized . . . . Continue Reading »
American Democracy and Love
by Peter LawlerSo I appreciate a couple of criticisms I got of my semi-ironic presentation of Tocquevillian WAVISM below. That wavism, we can say, can be reduced to the proposition that democracy emotionally deconstructs LOVE. You can find a similar kind of wavism in Allan Bloom’s CLOSING, which is all . . . . Continue Reading »
First Links — 11.5.13
by Matthew CantirinoGolem and the Limits of Artifice Charles T. Rubin, New Atlantis Finances, Facebook, and Pornography Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P., Dominicana The Christian Pantheon of Holy Land Explorers Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom Guy Fawkes, Science, and Religion Matthew Kneale, Telegraph What . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is Election Day …
by Mark Movsesian[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”508”] Photo from the New York Daily News [/caption] . . . here in New York City, and reader John McGinnis points me to an interesting New York Times column on the election’s likely effect on some . . . . Continue Reading »
What Sasse Says on Health Care
by Carl ScottHere 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 »
The Two Wings of Evangelicalism
by Dale M. CoulterYou’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 »
Group Lie
by Carl ScottYou’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 »
The Yuval Levin Republicans?
by Pete SpiliakosDavid 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 »
Blog Roundup: Monday Left Me For Dead
by B. D. McClayHappy 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 »
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