Peter Daniel Haworth

Van Gogh’s Nature Paintings in Philadelphia

February 7, 2012

FPR readers in Philadelphia should visit their new exhibit featuring several unusual Vincet Van Gogh nature paintings.…

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Ciceronian Society Meeting at UVA: Call for Papers

January 26, 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS: CICERONIAN SOCIETY 
2012 ANNUAL MEETING AT UVA…
The Ciceronian Society will be holding its annual meeting at the University of Virginia, March 29-31, 2012. This will be an academic conference in which panelists can present on a

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New Symposium on Distributism

December 29, 2011

Porch readers will be interested in the new online symposium on distributism that is now on ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ This includes essays by John Medaille, Thomas Storck, and Thomas Woods.…

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Prudential Questions About the Vatican’s Call for New International Authority Over Financial Institutions and Policy

October 24, 2011

FPR readers will be interested in the Vatican’s new call for international authority over the financial institutions and policy. I understand the Pope’s beef with many contemporary capitalists and financial wizards. However, I wonder whether this call for international authority…

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Introduction to J-Street: A Moderate Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

September 21, 2011

Porch readers might be interested in J-Street, a non-profit organization dedicated to realizing an equitable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. J-Street identifies itself as representing “primarily but not exclusively Jewish” Americans who “support Israel and its desire for security as…

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David Brooks, Internationalism, and the Coaxing of America

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After reading David Brooks’ “The Rugged Altruists,” which romanticizes the “giving” zeal of contemporary Americans who engage in overseas missions and relief-work, one wonders about the appropriate limits for American internationalism and charity. Many of Brooks’ anecdotes about Americans who experience…

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Democratic Discontent, Black Swans, Constitutional Conventions, and Civil or Foreign Wars

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Could the United States radically change via another constitutional convention, experience a new civil war, split into multiple confederacies, and/or engage in a massive foreign war in order to preserve its cohesion?[i] According to conventional thought, such possibilities are improbable.…

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Working Group Meetings on Confederational Thought in Seattle

August 22, 2011

As promised, here are the dates and times for our working group meetings on Confederational American Political Thought at the APSA Conference in Seattle (September 1-4):
Meeting #1: Thursday, September 1; 12:15-1:15pm; Grand Hyatt Seattle, Sherman Room.
Meeting #2: Saturday, September 3; 12:15-1:15pm; Grand Hyatt…

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New Review of the Coen Brothers’ True Grit

August 17, 2011

Many readers will be interested in a highly critical review of the Coen Brothers’ remake of True Grit that has just been published in ANAMNESIS. The review is entitled, “Rooster Redux,” and it is written by Keith Hartzler. The author…

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Are tradition and Christian theology essential for sound natural law?

August 9, 2011

Many readers will enjoy Thaddeus Kozinski’s new essay, “Turning to an Empty Subject: A Response to R.J. Snell’s God, Religion, and the New Natural Law.” Kozinski argues that R.J. Snell, in his previously featured ANAMNESIS essay, errs by allying himself with…

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A Response to R.R. Reno’s “A Crisis of Government.”

August 8, 2011

First Things Editor, R.R. Reno, recently posted an interesting essay, “A Crisis of Government.” While I agree about the priority of addressing the federal government’s solvency, his focus on saving the government and its role in insuring Americans against financial…

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Losing Republicanism, Inheriting Leviathan

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In “The Hollow Men,” T.S. Eliot famously predicts that Doom will come subtly, rather than dramatically: “This is the way the world ends[,] This is the way the world ends[,] This is the way the world ends[,] Not with a…

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Brief Symposium on Theology and Natural Law

August 3, 2011

Many Porch readers will enjoy the brief symposium on Theology and Natural Law that is now posted on ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ The discussion features two varying views about the role of…

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Confederational American Political Thought in Seattle

August 2, 2011

Many readers will be interested in a short course and working group being conducted at the APSA Conference in Seattle (September 1-4) . These forums will address themes in Confederational Thought and their relation to American History. Presenters include Gregory Butler, Jeff…

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New Web Essay and Poem on ANAMNESIS

June 13, 2011

New web pieces are now available on ANAMNESIS. These include Randall Smith’s new poem, “Making Walls (Re-Thinking Robert Frost’s ‘Mending Wall’ in the Age of the Office Cubicle),” and Dale Nelson’s essay, “The St. Anne’s Household in C.S. Lewis’s That…

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Wilfred McClay’s “The Soul & the City”

April 11, 2011

Many of you will enjoy reading Wilfred McClay’s fine article, “The Soul & the City,” which was just posted on ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine’ and previously published in The City. McClay explores…

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