Jeremy Beer, my favorite PORCHER, is having a great EVENT in Arizona all about the really first-rate Walker Percy DOCUMENTARY. The actual filmmaker will be there, and you all can play the moviegoer. . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, no. Rock is more resilient than that. And if you are contented with that answer, you can stop reading now. Peter asked us to consider what we’ve learned from since 9/11. I’ve lots of thoughts about whether the wars were worth it, what went right and wrong, . . . . Continue Reading »
So this review was written by a distinguished political theory guy who isn’t particularly close to my general orientation. You can tell he didn’t like the book all that much. But I still appreciate the opening words: Lawler, Peter Augustine. Modern and American dignity: who we are as . . . . Continue Reading »
I think you can look at Perry’s performance yesterday as either a floor or a ceiling. It was his first time out and just about everybody was looking to take him down. Romney wants Perry’s more competence/electability-focused voters and Bachmann and the rest want . . . . Continue Reading »
Contrary to our Jason, an ordinary gentleman (who’s in some league) emphasizes, I think correctly, the differences between Don and Sterling. Don is the better man, and there’s nobility in his effort to regain control of the pretty singular challenge that is his life. He wants to be a . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a link to the question Pete’s been talking about, the one the mighty Robert George posed to Ron Paul on the 14th amendment. The whole thing’s a good taste of Paul for those unfamiliar, but George begins right at 17 minutes in. This is a good format for Paul, and I was . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . praised by me . . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Thanks to Carl and Paul for the thread comments below. 2. My point was, to begin with, that the true meaning of THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT in relation to abortion is above the pay grade of a campaign. 3. The idea that THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT completes the Constitution by allowing the national . . . . Continue Reading »
Stephen Tonsor of the University of Michigan history department is not often mentioned among the intellectual heavyweights of American conservatism. But reading his work gives one the impression he should be better known. For the Postmodern Conservative, skeptical of standards for socio-political . . . . Continue Reading »
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