I’m late getting to it, but the Wall Street Journal /John McCain comparison of the most strident Tea Party affiliated politicians to hobbits just doesn’t work. The worst that can reasonably be said about the most recalcitrant of the Tea Party-affiliated congressmen, is that they . . . . Continue Reading »
George Will , in reflecting on the nature of the American regime, notices that Michele Bachmann reads von Mises at the beach (well, better than Rand by far) and that the young, raised on the huge and unregulated menu of choice that is the internet, are basically libertarians. The libertarians, as . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my contribution to the Weil dimension of Grant studies in response to Jason Hanson’s just criticism in the thread below. And now that the trauma is over (I’m no saint or hero) I can announce that yesterday was my 60th birthday. . . . . Continue Reading »
George Grant and stuff—another report from the ISI honors front . . . . . Continue Reading »
I accept the saying that The Who were one of the “thinking man’s rock bands,” but this Songbook entry is more music-focused than idea-focused. Instead of considering the fairly interesting and very zeitgeist-representative lyrical content of these two songs, I’m contrasting them . . . . Continue Reading »
ISI day two, described by ME . Next year, we need to invite Professor Carl Scott, of course. . . . . Continue Reading »
When the Twelve Southerners penned their classic collective manifesto I’ll Take My Stand one could wonder in awe at their audacity in making themselves nearly immediately irrelevant. Filled with interesting and true critiques of modern industrial capitalism and centralized bureaucratic . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I agree with Dr. Ceaser that Obama’s speech last night did not enlarge the man in any way. He seemed very much a party leader and not much more. Several good things came from the speech. The first is that now we’ve heard a whole bunch of the lines of bs . . . . Continue Reading »
No, I haven’t been singing that horrible song from HAIRSPRAY (in truth, not bad as a whole) when I go outside here in the city of endless row houses. But, here’s my first report on the ISI honors week. Paul Seaton—who lurks in our threads and is Baltimore’s most . . . . Continue Reading »
Where Did the Master Orator Go? Jim Ceaser (also on commentary contention site) 07.26.2011 - 12:23 PM Can an American president call for a speech on prime time television to talk about the weather? We came fairly close to a test of this proposition last night. Americans, who have been hearing . . . . Continue Reading »
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