1. Thanks to Ivan the K and the various threaders (including jwc) for their astute comments on Mr. Jefferson’s university. 2. One of Mr. Jefferson’s strongest stands was against any Calvinists teaching there. According to Tocqueville, that stand is typically Virginian. DEMOCRACY IN . . . . Continue Reading »
I have an article on the modern university in the upcoming Fall 2009/Winter 2010 issue of The New Atlantis which also includes a piece by our own Peter Lawler. Below is a short excerpt: This tension can also be seen in the description Jefferson gives of the natural “moral . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m continuing my project of reading the books on which the still lingering Holiday movies are based. Walter Kirn’s UP IN THE AIR is very different from and much funnier than the movie. The book’s narrator (the Clooney character in the movie) gives a rather urbane and quite . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not in favor of nationalized health care insurance but it appears the Democrats are going to pass it. In that case I’d like to see two codicils attached to this possibly unconstitutional legislation that declare: Everyone is required to participate in this program, NO EXEMPTIONS. . . . . Continue Reading »
So I went to four of the Holiday movies. I still haven’t gone to AVATAR and, contrary to my promise, may not get around to it. I sort of buy the argument of Porcher Caleb that Christian and imperial conservatives have been overreacting to it. That’s not because pantheism in the sense of . . . . Continue Reading »
I actually think the Dr. Pat Deneen post referenced by Voegelian Bob below is too over-the-top to command a detailed response. Let it stand as a singular work of art. But if I were to respond, I would out its Heideggerian Marxism. According to Heidegger, the United States and the Soviet Union were . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Deneen over at the Front Porch has written a blog titled, The New World Order , that one might describe as either being rather pessimistic this holiday season or spot on in an analysis of the current condition. The tone of the blog will undoubtedly tighen the knickers of all good PoMoCons so I . . . . Continue Reading »
Simon Winchester complains the typical New Year’s celebration has reduced to little more than an excuse for unrestrained drunkenness and revelry. He lays blame for this woeful development partly on the example of the Scottish who have long treated the occasion as an opportunity for drinking . . . . Continue Reading »
So I was at a local Christmas party last night. There I met a most admirable young man with six beautiful and happy children and a seventh on the way. He makes his leaving as a boutique metal worker (cupolas and such), and he’s obviously a fine craftsman and an able entrepreneur. Not only . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is an excerpt from a short piece I wrote for the now defunct Culture 11 last December and that has been generously reprinted by our friends over at The New Atlantis . It’s impossible to ignore all the characteristic signposts of the Christmas season—wherever you go the familiar . . . . Continue Reading »
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