More TR Studies: Family Values

Here is a conversation on the Claremont Review site . It’s basically Jean and Scott Yenor (who wrote a great book on the family and modern political philosophy) vs. Bob Patterson (former editor of the impressive journal THE FAMILY IN AMERICA). To repeat myself, I’m with Jean that . . . . Continue Reading »

A Better MOOC

Thanks go to Peter Lawler for shedding some light on MOOCS. I want to go him one better, however, and suggest a superior form of the same idea, which is only slightly more expensive. Price quality, this alternative is a real steal. The alternative has been around for a long time. It is almost . . . . Continue Reading »

WWZ

With all the esoteric references in recent posts to the Man of Steel, dual paternity, and what not, I decided yesterday that I would take myself, my wife—but unfortunately not my dog—to the movie theater. It has been a very long time indeed since I have entered these environs, perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »

TR Studies, Wavism, and Welcome Jean Yarbrough

So there has been a lot of good email about recent posts, in addition, of course, to all the thinking going on in the threads. Here’s what Jean Yarbrough of Bowdoin, the distinguished author of pathbreaking books on President TJ and President TR, wrote: I read this post with great interest, as . . . . Continue Reading »

The 222 Mays

What are “The 222 Mays?” Well, I suppose we could ask Mr. Memory, of The 39 Steps fame, but it’s George Will who tells us, while arguing against the constitutionality of Obama’s announced revision of a key PPACA deadline that I’ve been making such a stink about: This . . . . Continue Reading »