The Liberal Arts, Hungry Hearts, and Dead Beat Dads
by John PresnallMark Edmundson is a professor of literature who has said some interesting things about the quarrel between philosophy and poetry , as well as the larger cultural implications of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Does he make sense in all of these cases? No. He’s a little too trendy for my . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, I Could Be Wrong…
by Peter LawlerHere’s a tough email I got from a respected expert: I know it’s not good to be all publicly gloom and doom. But your speculations on the Romney v. Obama race are totally pie in the sky. In my professional opinion, this race is already over, with Romney going down in Bob Dole fashion. . . . . Continue Reading »
Getting Psyched for Mitt
by Peter Lawler1. Santorum dropped out at exactly the right time. The race was clearly over. People had stopped paying attention. And Romney was getting more and more ahead in the daily polls. Rick had to wait until after Wisconsin, just to be sure it would be a repeat of Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. Pete is . . . . Continue Reading »
Lockean Dogma?
by Peter Lawler1. So I enjoyed the comments about ME in the thread below, but I don’t know what to do with them. 2. I, in fact, don’t agree that the big American choice is Locke vs. Tocqueville or how to mix the two appropriately. Neither is an American, to begin with. 3. What Americans need is a . . . . Continue Reading »
Lawler’s Home on the Range
by James CeaserPeter Lawler once remarked that the only thing worse than the failure of Lockeanism in America would be its complete success. Under the reign of a decent materialism, man’s soul would atrophy as humans focused on their individual pursuit of comfortable well-being. Not surprisingly, this . . . . Continue Reading »
I Live in a Community With My Neighbors, But…
by John PresnallGiven the immediacy of writing in the blogosphere, one is sure to say something that one could wish to take back but, since it had already been posted one could not take it back. Most recently I wrote of the “overzealous evil” regarding the actions of Mr. Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin . . . . Continue Reading »
Going Overboard in Defending Judicial Supremacy
by John PresnallI thought I would recommend this Adam J. White post. It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of “judicial supremacy” in their critique of the president’s statement about a “group” of unelected people striking down . . . . Continue Reading »
A Quiver of Perverse Trayvon Martin Happiness
by Carl ScottIn the hearts of civil rights and MSM leaders. Over a certain usable aspect of the boy’s killing. Yeah, Shelby Steele is taking no prisoners in his latest: In fact Trayvon’s sad fate clearly sent a quiver of perverse happiness all across America’s civil rights establishment, and . . . . Continue Reading »
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