Romney’s High-Tech Fiasco and the Limits of Electoral Science
by Peter LawlerBIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #70: Social Dancing as a Key to Whit Stillman’s Films
by Carl ScottWhit Stillman fans know that his first three films are a loosely connected trilogy of sorts, with THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO being the film that ties them together by means of our meeting key characters from the other two in its Club. How then, does his recent DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, a rather stranger . . . . Continue Reading »
A Fox Divided Against Itself
by Pete SpiliakosI guess a lot of you have seen the video of Karl Rove disputing Fox News’s call of Ohio for Obama. It is interesting how hard the anchors, decision desk, and Michael Barone went at Rove. I also think it shows something of the divided nature of Fox News. A while back I wrote about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Radical (Secular) Fundamentalism
by Gene FantSome of my friends and professional acquaintances who are secularists complain that religious social agencies will not provide primary services to persons who do not share the faith commitments of the agency’s sponsors. They imagine a soup line that includes an armed and perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »
The Petraeus Affair and the End of the Clinton Era
by Matthew SchmitzGen. David Petraeus has resigned his post as Director of the CIA. He explains his reasons in a letter : Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D/CIA. After being married for over 37 years, I showed . . . . Continue Reading »
The Crash That Was Romney’s Election Day Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
by Peter LawlerHere’s the account of the total failure of Project ORCA . The conclusion: So, the end result was that 30,000+ of the most active and fired-up volunteers were wandering around confused and frustrated when they could have been doing anything else to help. Like driving people to the polls, . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re All Rousseauians Now
by Rodney HowsareThe relationship between Catholicism and liberal democracy has been, is and will always be a complex one. To say that the founding fathers of Liberal political thought were less than friendly to the Catholic faith would be to engage in resounding understatement. Even the more allegedly benign ones, . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #69: THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO, Pt. 2
by Carl Scott. . . one can change human institutions, but not man; whatever the general effort of a society to render citizens equal and alike, the particular pride of individuals will always seek to escape the [common] level . . . In aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable . . . . Continue Reading »
Renewing Hospitality
by Anna SutherlandIn a brief essay on Front Porch Republic, Mark T. Mitchell suggests that we “rethink the meaning of cultural engagement,” as “‘engaging’ culture in the idiom of warfare has not produced much in the way of results.” The post, originally from September, seems . . . . Continue Reading »
On the Square Today
by The EditorsPeter J. Leithart on the religious right After Reaganism : I’ve made adjustments to bring this piece up to date, but I wrote most of it in January 2009 when President Obama was inaugurated for his first term. Friends told me at the time that I was overwrought, that Obama’s election was a . . . . Continue Reading »
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