So Palo Alto and Stanford might be as close to paradise as we will experience in this life—especially at the Stanford Park Hotel. I’m talking/discussing at a Hoover lunch today on NATURE these days, as part of a general effort to restore a natural foundation for conservatism. My . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s boring! It’s like a long (really long) video game. It’s fairly complicated, like a good game/puzzle, but you’d have to get more involved than any reasonable viewer could to follow all the clever stuff. It has very annoying background music, a lame attempt to make . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m sorry I haven’t time to say more about the great professors and students at the ISI conference. I was going to explain how Dr. Pat Deneen was right to connect Bloom and Dewey on the proposition that the past—including devotion to God, country, and so forth—is dead to . . . . Continue Reading »
1. First off, let me thank Cindy Searcy for organizing a perfect week. Dr. Pat Deneen might say otherwise, given that his original room in the historic inn was a little too historic for him. (There are, it turns out, limits to the natural instinct for affection for one’s place.) It is true . . . . Continue Reading »
I just got back from a week at the ISI Honors Program in Annapolis. The real reason I had the lame post on Hilton Head was to make that trip tax deductible. The reason I’m saying a few things about the ISI week is to dispel the impression that I’m against liberal education and all that. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are some not quite random reflections on Strauss. I know the Wittgenstein inspired bullet point presentation style leaves something to be desired, but just keep in mind it’s not meant to create the impression of any real exactitude. 1. The noetic hetergeneity thesis seems to contradict . . . . Continue Reading »
Our hosts at First Things have asked me to pass this request along to our readers: In the Fall of 2010, for the first time ever, First Things will release its own college rankings and guide. Picking the right college is a difficult and trying process, especially for parents . . . . Continue Reading »
The only aspect of the Shirley Sherrod controversy that I find interesting is related to a phrase she used in explaining her dealings with the poor white farmer. She said, “So I figured if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him.” . . . . Continue Reading »
So, thanks to PRICELINE, I’m able to spend a few days with my wife in Hilton Head, SC at a reasonable rate. This the largest island in the South, with beautiful beaches and marshes and some Gullah and Civil War history. But basically everything is new and planned (in accord with trendy . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The study of great books is usually contrasted with the use of textbooks and other technical books. It is contrasted, in other words, with study of the studies that show us what we most need to know as productive beings in a free, middle-class society. 2. It’s inevitable on our society that . . . . Continue Reading »
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