May 27 2008
Rarely am I heartened by something in the news, and even more rarely by something from CNN. But, nonetheless, here it is. Are higher gas prices and weakness in the economy causing problems for many Americans? Yes, but they’re also causing many of them to change the way they live – for the better.
May 26 2008
Art is, fundamentally, a human expression. And its object is beauty. That seems to be something that this piece for FOX Sports by Michael Rosenberg misses. He starts his article with: There are two sides to this argument. One is that instant-replay cameras have no business poisoning the glorious game on the emerald diamond, which [...]
May 21 2008
It is a temperament. Add The New Yorker to the list of people and publications failing to understand what conservatism is. It is not a party – certainly not the Republican party, it is not a movement, it is not an ideology, it is not even a worldview. It is a disposition. Republicans have failed, [...]
May 18 2008
Far more eloquent and insightful than my recent post regarding the shortcomings of gay marriage, Dreher gives us this gem (emphasis, where present, added by me): I think the most common, and superficially common-sensical, questions that comes up in discussions of this issue is, “How does Jill and Jane’s marriage hurt Jack and Diane’s?” The [...]
May 16 2008
The concluding paragraphs of Ross Douthat’s fine article in The Atlantic on how history will judge George W.: Few presidents have seemed as conscious of this reality as George W. Bush, perhaps because he had the example of his father—competent, cautious, and defeated for reelection—to look back on. The younger Bush’s governing style has been [...]
May 16 2008
That’s what a friend of mine asked another friend of mine while discussing the recent court decision regarding gay marriage in California. She pleaded with me for help, so I responded to both of them with comments along these lines: “It’s all about natural law and the nature of marriage and love. Man was obviously [...]
May 14 2008
Philosophical and Religious Dimensions of the American Founding Socrates in the classroom develops students’ thinking and changes the distribution of power The New Paternalism The Art of Folly at Yale Armageddon Cooler: G&T Things fall apart: is the post 9/11 imaginatoin disintegrating? In ‘Cannery Row,’ a Preserved Simplicity Not so Novus and Ordo: Constitutions without [...]
May 14 2008
Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response I find this outrageous and frightening. Music, like all the arts, is distinguished by its eminent humanity. Deprived of the human quality, it is nothing. Welcome to 1984. Am I overreacting? Yes, perhaps. I will be truly aghast when all of the instruments are played by robots, [...]
May 04 2008
My schedule being what it is these days, I haven’t made much time for substantive blogging. However, when the topic of Burke comes up in the blogosphere, I feel more or less obligated to put in my two cents. The last time this occurred it was surrounding one of David Brooks’ columns in the NYT; [...]
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