May 31 2007
Sometimes ordinary artifacts of daily life jog a philosophical memory of mine, spurring me to create short maxims: When a society’s members are no longer bred to make wise choices, Liberty loses its Beauty and becomes little more than glorified and stubborn principle.
May 29 2007
There’s a great quote in The Economist from a VP at the Cato Institute (obligatory shudder) about the effects of American affluence post-World War II: The counter-cultural left combined genuine liberation with dangerous excess, while the traditionalist right mixed reaction with a desire to preserve some precious institutions, such as marriage. The left attacked capitalism [...]
May 27 2007
Rod Dreher has a good article on tradition in religious faith in the Dallas Morning News today. I met Rod at the ISI National Leadership Conference this past April in Indianapolis; a couple friends and I shared a table with him, George Nash, and Annette Kirk during the lectures. Rod is the progenitor of what [...]
May 26 2007
Here’s a common exchange: Me: I’m graduating. Other person: Oh, what did you study? Me: Philosophy. Other person: Oh………So what do you do with that?
May 23 2007
If you care at all about the immigration issue – nay, if you care at all about the rule of law, go read the Heritage Foundation’s assessment of the recent “compromise” immigration bill. Simply appalling.
May 22 2007
It was good friend of mine who first told me about Mitt Romney. I had heard the name but didn’t really know much about him. After reading up on his past and his experiences, he sounded like a great candidate and I was all in. Then, of course, I heard more about his supposed “flip-flopping” [...]
May 17 2007
Hey, you. Yeah, you there standing in line at the INS office. Screw it, dude. Your friend over there isn’t waiting in line, and he’s getting a free ride. It’s fine; citizenship is nothing sacred, laws are words and paper. If you slap us in the face long enough, eventually we’ll turn the other cheek [...]
May 15 2007
I spent Mother’s Day at home in the ‘burbs for dinner with my family. The Maroon has an article on the Monsters of the Midway bike race that took place the same day, at which apparently two UofC prof’s were to continue their on-going duel le physique (don’t make fun of my French, I just [...]
May 11 2007
I told a friend recently that I wanted John Edwards to win the Democratic Primary because it would be hilarious to watch him get beat up in the general election. He made a good point, however, that it wasn’t worth the risk – however infinitesimally small – of him actually winning. After reading this morning [...]
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