The debated lacked CLASS. None of the candidates was presidential—a combination of CLASS and COMPETENCE. Perry was more lively but rude and not particularly smart. Romney, Pete is right to say, seemed impatient and contemptuous of the somewhat unfairly personal and incompetent attacks on him. . . . . Continue Reading »
More on Thursday, 1. Romney beat down Perry every time they clashed. But Romney’s evident dislike of, and contempt for, Perry was unattractive (I think.) Romney came out on top despite fierce criticism - though he got some dings. He isn’t my guy. My guys aren’t running, but . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I only have a moment this morning. But I couldn’t resist a title composed of two 20th century classics. 2. I expect Pete is right about Cain. He’s certainly right about his tax scheme with the 9s. But: The latest study shows that he’s the only Republican beating Romney. And his . . . . Continue Reading »
Flagg Taylor is a professor of political theory and such at Skidmore College, a friend, and the editor of the essential new collection on totalitarianism and dissent called The Great Lie. And now he’s blogging at Ricochet, home of the blogosphere’s best comments section, writing posts . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a friend of mine who is a huge racing fan. He likes F1 and tends to look down on other racing formats and series like NASCAR and Indy Car (and its earlier offshoot, Champ Car). Yet he is such a racing fan that he watches them all, and secretly likes them all—along with Le Mans (both the . . . . Continue Reading »
So you all know that you need to read Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. But hey, that’s a 600-page book! Well, here’s the chapters you just cannot skip. I helped out a colleague with this recently, and I may as well pass the info onto y’all. From volume one part one . . . . Continue Reading »
Written, of course, by ME . . . . . Continue Reading »
But really, when you consider how much praise and attention is heaped on lyric writers, its astonishing how rare it is for any of its great exponents to try to dig a little deeper (or at least ramble on a little longer) than a three minute pop song allows. I have a theory about this. It’s a . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE ; It’s a serious movie about wandering and wondering, and it may be even better than I think it is right now. It certainly based on Christian “anthropology” and very pro-life (as I will explain in greater detail later). . . . . Continue Reading »
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