In the Chronicle of Higher Education literary critic Terry Eagleton writes an interesting if confused article in praise (and defense) of Marx (once again for the umpteenth time). It comes across as a précis of his new book outlining Why Marx Was Right , which he says is a timely endeavor in . . . . Continue Reading »
This explains my absence. It wasn’t out of any lack of love and respect for each and every one of you. . . . . Continue Reading »
A free and flourishing people with virtue—this is certainly something to be desired and celebrated. Today in the United States the specific details required for such virtue remains in dispute for this self-same people called Americans in each and every idiosyncratic distinction. We live in a . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe be close to an oxymoron , according to a Northwestern study. . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . as the conservative reality show (according to ME ). . . . . Continue Reading »
The comments below are right insofar as I joined into Dr. Pat Deneen’s polemic against Fascism. Nonetheless, it’s true that Brad Thompson does pretty much call Strauss and some Straussians at least something close to Fascists. The allegation amount to this: Anyone who promotes personal . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a fine article on Flannery O’Connor, Hulga, and Joy. . . . . Continue Reading »
The literature of American conservatism is vast and varied, but one missing and vital question is of its authenticity. If, as the evidence strongly suggests, the two most empirically verifiable aspects of our nature are original sin and the world’s oldest belief system of “you shall be as . . . . Continue Reading »
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