The New York Times famously—-and tellingly—-greeted Roe v. Wade by declaring that the Supreme Court had effectively ended the abortion debate. What they did not do, as often claimed, was use the term “settled” or run the headline “Supreme Court Settles Abortion . . . . Continue Reading »
The article “Sex in the Meritocracy,” which I wrote for the February issue of First Things , is now online : When Yale first bowed to the spirit of meritocracy and began admitting large numbers of students from outside the New England upper class, it set in motion a nationwide arms race . . . . Continue Reading »
Kevin Walsh of the University of Richmond School of Law writes : The twitterverse is alive with tweets about Justice Scalia’s headgear for today’s inauguration. At the risk of putting all the fun speculation to an end . . . The hat is a custom-made replica of the hat depicted in . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, the comment thread to the part 1 resulted in something of an informal pomocon booklist. Here are a few of the more interesting recent titles from it, IMO: Richard Velkley, Heidegger, Strauss, and the Premises of Political Philosophy Deszu Korztolani, Skylark Richard McKirahan, Philosophy . . . . Continue Reading »
Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father — And How We Can Fix It by David Goldhill has a good chance to be the Losing Ground of the health care debate. Since he identifies as a Democrat, I don’t think Goldhill would like the comparison, but Murray’s book was a . . . . Continue Reading »
Even for the English, and even for the Church of England, this is a little peculiar: The Church of St. Martin in the Fields yesterday offered a service, broadcast by the BBC, with the theme “Learning to Dream Again,” celebrating Barack Obama’s inauguration. The English blogger . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Lawler rightly said: “But it’s impossible not to admire the ambitious move from “We hold these truths” to “We, the people.” Or from “We, the people” to his policy agenda. It is interesting how he makes a point to ground himself in . . . . Continue Reading »
There are all sorts of ways you can criticize the understanding of the truths and the people in the president’s Second Inaugural. But it’s impossible not to admire the ambitious move from “We hold these truths” to “We, the people .” It’s arguably . . . . Continue Reading »
So congratulations to Rod for making it across the pond. You can see Rod hanging out with the guys at local restaurants and other nice shots of St. Francisville. I do sense an authenticity problem or two. It’s my experience, for example, that the great thing about living in a small southern . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, America honors the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and what he meant to our nation. In so doing, we will likely focus on his achievements—understandably so, since they were so impressive, and continue to grow. But it’s equally important to remember the many . . . . Continue Reading »
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