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13 Jan 2013

A Center-Right Approach To Solidarity

by Pete Spiliakos

Yesterday I wrote that a politics of raising taxes on lower earners and cutting taxes on higher earners was, in the minds of many of its supporters, a politics of solidarity. Low earners have a responsibility to show more solidarity with the job creating high earners by paying more taxes and . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2013

Being Schooled in IR

by Peter Lawler

So a very kind and patient conservative wrote me on why THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE got so mad at me for merely summarizing the “neocon” position: Well, they’re more excited about Hagel personally than I am. Still, it’s a symbolic victory for realist elements. Incidentally, . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2013

Lots of Spoilers in This Review of Django Unchained

by John Presnall

So let’s do it Peter Lawler style by the numbers— 1. I saw Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained today. What I expected is what I saw, except unlike Inglorious Basterds, Django didn’t rewrite the Civil War to the extent that Inglorious rewrote WWII where Adolf Hitler was actually . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2013

Wall Street Journal And Mitt Romney Solidarity

by Pete Spiliakos

Over at First Thoughts , R.R. Reno writes about inequality and solidarity. He writes (following Charles Murray) that “the rich have abandoned moral leadership, or more accurately have developed an esoteric morality for their children (“healthy choices”) while promoting moral . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2013

Here’s One Reason I Heart (or At Least Don’t Hate) THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

by Peter Lawler

Sam Goldman works there! Here’s his characteristically smart, engaging, and quirky-in-a-good way contribution to “how to do political theory by watching ‘Girls’.” Another reason, believe it or not, is that Rod Dreher works there. . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2013

Love Everybody?

by Peter Lawler

BIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2013

(My) Blue Eyes Not Crying at Les Miz (and Our Machiavellian President)

by Peter Lawler

1. So I’ve gotten several emails complaining about my lack of sensitivity—or Christian love—in not being being moved by the movie. Here’s the most balanced judgment from a veteran conservative: [Name of wife here] LOVED Les Miz. She thought it “better than the . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2013

Yes To The Right Kind Of Debt Ceiling Fight

by Pete Spiliakos

Ramesh Ponnuru makes the case for a GOP debt limit fight about as well as it is going to be made by anyone. One way of looking at it is that refusing to unconditionally raise the debt ceiling in order to pay for already authorized spending is irresponsible. As Ponnuru points out, this assumes that . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2013