Oh, what a tangled web did Obama weave, When first he “composited” Genevieve. Vanity Fair has published extracts from a forthcoming biography of Barack Obama featuring letters he sent one of his college girlfriends, Alex McNear, and journal entries written by Genevieve Cook, a girlfriend . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Boby Jindal, as Pete says, is a better for choice for Mitt than Rubio. It’s sort of ridiculous to speculate on what kind of demographic impact this or that candidate would have. In every case, the answer is: NOT MUCH. The relatively big issue is how the VP choice makes the P candidate . . . . Continue Reading »
So I might as well say why I find Robert Penn Warren’s account of the “agrarian” critique of modern society to be superior to Wendell Berry’s. In his novels and poetry Warren presents ambivalence—a real tension and conundrum—over against Berry’s easy condemnation . . . . Continue Reading »
It was a year ago that I unleashed my first Carl’s Rock Songbook entry upon the world. It’s time to look back and see what’s unfolded so far. Maybe another day I’ll link all of these, but for now I’d call your attention to the SEARCH FIRST THINGS box over on the upper . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, here’s what’s in the new (April-June) issue. A symposium on American statesmanship (on Madison [was that guy consistent on the Bill of Rights or not?]), Franklin, and Lincoln (and his profoundly amateur love of Shakespeare). There are contributions from Jeremy Bailey, Christopher . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week the UVA Arrow, an alternative student weekly paper here at the University of Virginia, published the following interview (with me!), which I am proud, or at least willing, to bring to your attention. We caught up with Professor Ceaser at his office, legendary for its disorganization, just . . . . Continue Reading »
So this guy named Pete Spiliakos says I haven’t been totally consistent on nullification and interposition. Now I’d say that nullification and interposition are two different things. The first is the alleged legal rights of states to suspend the enforcement of any law a . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my first big post on my conservatives. Nothing you don’t already know. Thanks for Carl being so attuned to the week of Wendell Berry, which I’ve been too busy to pay attention to. It goes without saying I’m somewhat less interested in Berry’s lecture than I was . . . . Continue Reading »
It goes without saying that Fred Siegel should be reading my Rock Songbook, which underlines the middle-class mediocrity of most rock, even as it defends, with respect to music, the low, the high, and even the middle-brow version of the high. He could go to my last post , about the tensions between . . . . Continue Reading »
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