A BIG THINKING EXPERIMENT BY ME. So I’m working with Marc Guerra on Descartes, Locke, and Darwin and the modern science of virtue, and the result will be many annoying thought experiments such as this one. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s an email I got on Jim’s path-breaking article. I’ve added, very quickly, a couple of my own comments: It seems the one main lacuna in his argument is that he has no conception of heresy. So, for example, the intrusion of Hegelian ideas in the Social Gospel imperialists is . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Samuel Goldman is now writing at The American Conservative’s State of the Union blog. Asking whether or not there can be a “decent” American Right for the 21st century—one which is suitable to this democratic age—he provides a link to Postmodern Conservative. . . . . Continue Reading »
Again, here at pomocon what we really want is for you to read all 28 erudite pages of Jim’s piece. Really. It’s quite accessible, too. But for you lazy ones out there seeking a good laugh, another reason to like Will Smith, and a more, er . . . bottom-line expression of American . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro-or-con, I have found most takes on American Exceptionalism rather tiresome. Especially over the last few years. Our Jim shows you here, (the correct link) however, why it matters and is anything but a tiresome subject. More discussion in the post below. Like Jim’s best . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Jim has the lead essay in the new journal AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT. That journal is not as good as PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL SCIENCE, but it is worth reading. Jim’s essay is actually quite innovative and brilliantly thought-provoking. Question raised by Jim: Does American have not only . . . . Continue Reading »
BY ME HERE. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’m sad I was out of commission last Thursday and Friday and so didn’t have a chance to say a sad farewell to NO LEFT TURNS. In the name of gender diversity and to up our pay grade a bit, I invite the lovely and legendary KATE to join us on these pages as an actual blogger. 2. So . . . . Continue Reading »
The Ashbrook Center blog No Left Turns is calling it a day . All good things must come to an end, and good internet things sometimes must come to an end sooner. It is not too anthropomorphic to say that, along with the original James Poulos-authored Postmodern Conservative, No Left Turns was the . . . . Continue Reading »
The always-formidable Rich Lowry of National Review has penned a most glorious sentence, well actually, it’s a clause. Here’s the build-up to it, in his recent column arguing against the supposed inevitability of gay marriage: “ . . . Nation-wide, no referendum simply upholding . . . . Continue Reading »
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