For those in the LA area, Pepperdine University will be hosting an intriguing conference on the idea of place. The conference is titled A Place in the World: Geography, Identity, and Civic Engagement in Modern America (March 11-12). It is…
February 2011
My friend, Nathan Coleman, introduced me to this post on the question of historians advocating policy. If historians feel compelled to enter into public policy advocacy, maybe they should view themselves as explicitly engaging in two different functions– i.e., adopting…
Tucson, AZ.… Far from my native Midwest, which sometimes seems to be working out the details of its final collapse after decades of decline, and far from the equally depressing backroom corruption and social-democratic clientalism of Pennsylvania, I have appreciated
Maybe kicking the legs out from under the last vestiges of old socialist Milwaukee will actually do it some good in the long run. Maybe even save the city from itself.
Young people are questioning the upwardly mobile aspirations of their parents. Many are opting to put down roots. This is a good sign.
The demonstrations in support of union power in Wisconsin ought to speak powerfully to all localists, despite the complicated baggage they bring with them.
Join in this debate between myself and Brian Domitrovic (Econoclasts) at the ISI “First Principles” blog.…
What will happen when we take leave of both our language and the world?
Commitment to a place is an important idea. But in the face of complete social breakdown, is there any place left to salvage?
Cisco is boasting that its new communications technology will change the way we engage others. Indeed, when a hologram of a man in California appears before an audience in India and has a conversation with a “real” person, things feel…
Kearneysville, WV.… Edmund Burke lamented that the age of chivalry has passed. He was, of course, commenting on the attempted eradication of all social distinctions by the revolutionaries in France. Burke went on to argue that European civilization had, for
My lunch with Bill Clune is served at the American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/blog/meet-the-marlboro-man/.…
For all the unpredictability of her outfits, there is one thing that has been quite predictable about her work: Gaga’s constant equation of love with violence and humiliation.
Bacon! Is there anything it can’t do? And, O, thou egg! How noble in design, how infinite in flavor!
Thoughts on the “Andrew Jackson versus Mr. Peanut” debate.
I’m lecturing at Virginia Tech on Friday. Come on by.
