Jesse Walker of Reason is bummed that Russ Feingold lost: http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/03/a-farewell-to-feingold.
So am I.…
November 2010
The dank and drear of Election Day and its hangover were dispelled by the appearance in my mailbox of books from two most admirable friends.
John Rezelman—poet, wit, nonagenarian with “the broadest smile and the deepest memory you’ll…
William Gilmore Simms’ claims about the decay of morals and the arts that results from the rise of scientism and decline of supernaturalism can be elaborated by reflecting on the insights of Flannery O’Connor and the Southern Agrarians.
We’ve got no real choice but to be competent workers, from the first stone to the last shingle.
Michael Kinsley amps up Patrick’s “false choice” rhetoric.
Where does that leave us? With the difficult job of recovering the sturdy Jeffersonian virtues of the freeman—virtues of thrift, being rooted in one’s place, hard work, pride of ownership, the orderly use of time, fierce independence of spirit, self-sufficiency, charity towards one’s neighbor, a refusal to bend the knee to any master, membership in a communal identity, and a return to family economies that place a strong incentive on having children.
The turning of the plow in the dark fields and the turning of verses on a white field of paper are more than etymologically related.
Krugman beats the drums for more debt.
The election offers us false choices – again.
