Afghanistan: We’re Losing
by Carl ScottFrom the Armed Forces Journal, a very depressing article from one Lt. Colonel Daniel L. Davis, who’s been all over the country over the last year. Read it all, but here’s a tidbit. . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Santorum Time
by Peter LawlerThere are all kinds of reasons to discount tonight’s results. And Santorum’s speech wasn’t great, although it contained a promising theme about Obama’s schoolmarmish snobbery that’s full of contempt for even the conscience of the ordinary believer. But Santorum’s . . . . Continue Reading »
A Partial Case For Mitch Daniels
by Pete SpiliakosThe main economic challenges facing conservatives in the next ten years are bringing down federal spending so that we can have a sustainable budget without large, economy damaging tax increases and reforming health care policy so that we get more quality health care for the dollars we . . . . Continue Reading »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs. U.S. Constitution
by Carl ScottSteve Hayward’s cookin’ with gas over at Powerline : “But the prize for this week’s liberal obtuseness about the Constitution goes to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who told an Egyptian television audience that ‘I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I . . . . Continue Reading »
Complicated Advice for Tuesday’s Republican Voters
by Peter LawlerMatt McKillip , a very smart guy, has organized the “Run Mitch Run” campaign and is urging that Daniels be written in by MN and CO voters. Matt gives due credit to our Pete (in a private email) for thinking up the catchy slogan. THE WEEKLY STANDARD recommends in that tentative way . . . . Continue Reading »
Random Nothings
by Peter LawlerHere are my BIG THOUGHTS on ANIMAL HOUSE and today’s moral sophistication. Gingrich’s whiny ranting last night ought to be the end of him. Meanwhile: The latest poll shows Santorum will a tiny lead in the MN caucus. Rumors have it that he’s even-money in the MO beauty contest. And . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s Rock Songbook #38: The Gravedigger V, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday”
by Carl Scott[Note: by the criteria laid out in Songbook #12 , this is not a Rock song, but a rock n’ roll one.] Songbook #37 considered the New-Wave-cloaked revival of earlier rock and roll styles burbling amid the early 80s pop charts, but now it’s time to go down to the underground as X-Ray Specs . . . . Continue Reading »
Rousseau, Pascal, Tocqueville, Delsol, Scott etc.
by Peter LawlerI appreciate Carl’s post below that explains why Lawler must be correct. It calls to mind stuff I wrote a long time ago, but remains right even now. It’s natural to want to speak of human nature—instead of the human condition—because of the Rousseau/existential or . . . . Continue Reading »
Human Condition v. Human Nature: My Response to Chantal Delsol
by Carl ScottIn the thread below, Chantal Delsol graciously responded to my observation that her more recent book had dropped the occasional references to human nature used in earlier books. While still utilizing the term “natural” to reference to certain biological determinations, she affirmed that . . . . Continue Reading »
Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis: How to Create an American Cult
by Carl ScottLiterature-wise, for me the last year has been the year of Jane Austen and Charles Portis. My present Austen re-reading kick is due to my own idiosyncratic reasons, but my discovery of Portis is entirely due to seeing the Coen Brother’s version of True Grit . . . and I imagine I’m not the . . . . Continue Reading »
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