Holland, MI…. I confess: I hate farms. I hate everything about them. I hate the malodorous smells that take days to wash off. I hate the all-pervasive dirt which invades the home and clings to the children. I hate
October 2009
More truth than humor:
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(Photo: Mackenzie Fooling the Teacher)
Rock Island, IL…
“Morning Cyanide” is a fun game for the whole family. The best thing about it is this: not everyone has to be awake at the same time to play it. All you
A while back the History News Network featured part of a Harper’s interview with Max Blumenthal, the author of the new book, Republican Gomorrah (published by Nation Books). This snippet included Blumenthal’s explanation for starting the book with a portrait…
Devon, PA. …Last month, I alerted FPR readers to the appearance of the first part of my essay, “Art and Beauty against the Politicized Aesthetic,” in First Principles. The primary subject of that essay was the consequence of contemporary conservatism’s
Claremont, CA…. The New York Times has joined a host of other publications asking the question: Is college worth it? And again, just like every time I read an article that attempts to answer this question, I want
One salient fact about this recession is that 90% of the working economists missed the warning signs, and those who predicted a disaster were marginalized and ridiculed. This, however, is not surprising; 90% missed the last disaster, and the one…
Writing on the occasion of Ronald Reagan’s death, the NY Times columnist David Brooks articulated the roots of Reagan’s success in as accurate and succinct a way as I’ve seen. Reagan “revolutionized” American conservatism insofar as he transformed it from…
Devon, PA.… If you have not encountered Eric Miller’s savage indignation elsewhere, here is a fine place to start: his review of David S. Brown’s Beyond the Frontier: The Midwestern Voice in American Historical Writing, an impressive new history
(Photo: Crime Scene in Minneapolis)
Motor City Motown Detritus, MI…
It’s been a tough week for those whom God made Detroit fans by birth. First the Chicago Bears cheated their way to victory over the Lions. (Witness that kick-off return
“When a nation’s Holy-days are treated with indifference and neglect, it should be considered a sign of national degeneracy and decay.”
–Walt Whitman
Burned-Over District, NY. …When tradition faces off against the almighty buck, smart gamblers put their money on
What are the chances that in today’s political smog anyone–I mean aside from the President–will be able to fill a lung with enough clean air to respond with nobility to the news of this year’s Nobel peace prize? (Mr. Obama…
Kearneysville, WV.… When speaking of the proper care for the natural world, the word that best describes our efforts is stewardship. Stewards are care-takers. They lovingly guide, protect, and cultivate that which is under their care. In the
Bread and Circuses Baay-Be!…
For those of you in the vicinity of T. S. Eliot’s home town, FPR editor-at-large Allan Carlson will be speaking at Washington University in St. Louis on Thursday, October 15. The lecture is free.
Here are the details:
Date: Thursday,…
