Or, The Conservative Case for Decreasing the Two-Thirds and Three-Fourths Requirements for Amendment In 1914, arch-progressive Herbert Croly founded The New Republic magazine and published his second book, Progressive Democracy. A rich (if at times annoyingly abstract) text, one of its more . . . . Continue Reading »
So I spent from 1 to after 4 in the morning listening to this AUDIO of one of Springsteen’s concerts on the WRECKING BALL tour. By LISTENING, evan a tonedeaf guy like me can pick up that the music isn’t all that great all the time, and Carl is pretty right to complain that Bruce . . . . Continue Reading »
Those are our two choices for a ruling class these days. The trouble is, according to James Kalb , the choices aren’t really much different. The two classes are interdependent, interlocking, and all that. So non-productive and non-therapeutic concerns that make lives virtuous atrophy, having . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not the biggest fan of debates in their current form, but they do give voters the chance to see candidates interact with each other and explain themselves. Debates can gives a sense of how well candidates understand their own policy proposals and the obvious objections to those . . . . Continue Reading »
Russel Arben Fox provides a first-class and link-rich overview of Elshtain’s career over at Front Porch Republic . He reminds me of much that I learned from her. Like Fox, I think a highlight of her career was a number of essays and reviews she wrote for The New Republic in the 1990s. Unlike . . . . Continue Reading »
So the consensus—reflected, for example, in Larry Sabato’s sensible CRYSTAL BALL—is that there are two top-tier Republican presidential candidates. They’re mentioned above. The takeaway I get when reading this or that analysis is the difficulty of any other candidate being . . . . Continue Reading »
Our master threader Pseudoplotinus introudced for our consideration the mostly effusive and certainly softball WSJ interview with Ben Nelson, who “founds and runs the Minerva Project.” His new university will, he claims, be America’s most elite institution of higher education, . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to all those who’ve let me know about Jean’s death. Words escape me for now. But she had the most generous and loving of souls and quite the deep and true appreciation of who each of us is. I owe her several big debts, and I’m sure I didn’t give her the gratitude she . . . . Continue Reading »
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