Our own Peter Lawler provides us with some historical context on the presidential election that might produce a glimmer of hope. There seems to be some solid evidence that Obama still hasn’t closed the deal though he’s clearly winning beyond the margin of error. Especially interesting . . . . Continue Reading »
Here our friend Pat Deneen draws from the wisdom of the anti-Federalists that we have good reason to fear an excessive consolidation of economic power in the federal government, especially during times of economic crisis. One could reasonably argue that governmentally regulated and subsidized . . . . Continue Reading »
Some scientists think we should expand the definition of ‘person’ to include chimps: "As a population of West African chimpanzees in the Ivory Coast that just two decades ago numbered 10,000 and accounted for half of the world’s population dwindles to just a few thousand, . . . . Continue Reading »
Justin "Sandbox" Hart has written a diary accusing me and my fellow PoMoConers of hanging out in cloud-cuckoo land and thinking when we should be, like, leading GOTV efforts and . . . stuff. This makes complete sense, because as we all know the modern conservative movement is totally . . . . Continue Reading »
It appears that many intelligent people think I’m completely wrong . Still, in spite of the very sensible responses I’ve read, I’ve not yet been convinced to walk back my argument. But it seems that I should clarify it a little. I write this post from a coffee shop, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
I had not expected to see the headline A Dionysian End to Summer in Inside Higher Ed , but we live in strange times: Smith College rings in the new academic year in a most revealing way. Still, administrators worry that its students may not be putting their best foot forward. As a result, the . . . . Continue Reading »
The last thing I want to do is prolong what has become a rather ugly debate over Conor’s suggestion that Palin be dropped from the ticket, but I think there’s some profit in pointing out one misstep in his logic. I could probably state my entire objection in a single . . . . Continue Reading »
McCain is down in the national polls well beyond the margin of error with less than a month to go, so a change in strategy seems imperative. Our own Peter Lawler suggests , among other things, that McCain start focusing on the blank check an Obama victory would be to a very unpopular and very . . . . Continue Reading »
According to our own Peter Lawler , McCain’s increasingly slim prospects depend not on going negative, as the Weekly Standard has suggested, but in making a strong case that he’s the most competent steward of our domestic agenda. He has real substantive advantages on central issues . . . . Continue Reading »
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