Here is the latest evidence he’s opened up a big lead in Iowa, and without even devoting any effort to campaigning or organizing in the state. And as Cain continues to fade, we can expect his margin to grow even wider. It appears that Romney can’t do anything there or most places to get . . . . Continue Reading »
On the naturalness of gratitude (as obscured by not obliterated by our pursuit of rational control): Many thinkers today contend that there has been a steepdecline in the ethos of gratitude in modern America, citing as causes failuresin civic education and a diminishing influence of religion. In . . . . Continue Reading »
1. First off, let me alert you that we’re having a debate between Jay Cost and Sean Trende (the two most prominent and astute of the young and constantly online political analysts) on the current presidential nomination system at Berry next Thursday, December 1 at 5:30 in Krannert. If you . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s me on generosity. Carl and Pete have some great posts: I do have to say that “acid” is objectively overrated as a drug that fosters social transformation. It didn’t having the staying power in the life of anyone of any consequence that heroin did in, say, Charlie . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, here’s a shorter way, for those of you who haven’t the patience for my full cinemascopic link-littered prose, to get at what I mean by Intermediate Modernity In Book VIII Republic terms, intermediate-modernity was the era of the self-repressing Oligarchic Soul, and “the . . . . Continue Reading »
All from Mr. Postmodern Conservative himself, of course, over at Ricochet. . . . . Continue Reading »
I was reading Ross Douthat this week and this observation struck me with some force, He wrote, “Policy innovation always creates losers as well as winners and earns adversaries as well as supporters. But policy innovation in an age of austerity tends to be politically perilous, because the . . . . Continue Reading »
On thanksgiving, just a few hours before black friday, i invite you to read a (longish) essay on gratitude, just published in the Policy Review. It has a section on the holiday of thanksgiving, and it previews, without exactly predicting, President Obama’s omission (according to news reports) . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the basic schema I laid out in #26 : 1) quasi-modernity –approximately 1776 to 1918 2) intermediate modernity –approximately 1919 to 1965 3) full modernity –approximately 1966 to the present. Now, for some flesh upon these analytic bones. Everyone knows WWI and the 20s . . . . Continue Reading »
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