Our newly crowned SUPERTHREADER C.J. Wolfe wonders about the SIGNIFICANCE of the postmodern yet conservative use of ALL CAPS: To kick-start the manifesto John, here’s a question that I’ve been wondering about the POMOCON persuasion ever since I started reading and posting on this blog: Is . . . . Continue Reading »
So did the Sunday night comparison of GIRLS and DOWNTON (although I wasn’t given credit for THAT). I’ve been on the road for reasons professional and personal the last couple of days, and so I haven’t been able to comment on Carl and John on why we pomocons—given how . . . . Continue Reading »
That, in a nutshell, is what Charles Krauthammer says the Republican position should be. Sounds good to me. Opinions? H/T Ben Domenech at Real Clear Politics. . . . . Continue Reading »
I took these words from a response to a fine post by Carl Scott, and decided to make them into a not so fine post of mine here— A long time ago Peter Lawler mentioned doing the most unconservative thing, i.e., writing some kind of postmodern conservative manifesto. It would at least help to . . . . Continue Reading »
On one hand, boomer-age cultured (i.e., liberally-educated) conservatives who don’t know contemporary pop culture and are too lazy about learning anything about it; on the other, young liberals who know it but are unashamedly un-cultured (i.e., rejecting the canonical distinctions that genuine . . . . Continue Reading »
Leon Kass , that is, who worked for a month in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in 1964. Here’s what we learn: Some communities do need to be organized, although the key organization has to come from within. The situation of the African American in Mississippi really was in some ways . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl and Peter are right to focus on the combination of statism, lawlessness and raw injustice that characterized Jim Crow. The consciousness of Jim Crow influences how people hear contemporary debate. Lots of well meaning Tea Party folks talk about taking the country back, worry about losing . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s post below is, of course, on the money. Here’s CJ’s addition to it in the thread: As someone else who argues for Founderism in academic circles, I agree with what you say here. The reality of the evil of segregation means three things for me, practically: 1) I try not to . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m going to be speaking at Hampden-Sydney Thursday night at 7:30 on what remains my view on the change we can actually see. I still see two basic Lockean movements against BIG GOVERNMENT: The first is the implosion of all the safety nets—from pensions and unions and tenure to . . . . Continue Reading »
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