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David Brooks youtube-ized.

News Flash: The Fed to reward spendthrifts and debtors!!

Here is a tragic example of the soft tyranny of bureaucratic goodie-goodies backed by corporate muscle in favor of closing markets.

Michael Kinsley reviews a new collection of Daniel Patrick Moynihan's writings and concludes that today's politicians are boring boring boring.

Anti-Washington Animus as Self-loathing.

They have no objections to non-scientists writing on evolutionary topics, so long as they do so in the proper spirit of submissiveness and adulation.

Is the age of the book over?

Is there a connection between building something together and community?

Free speech is a good thing. Respecting the value of the whole community is a better one.

Macy's goes local. Except for the profits.

... and like it!

The diversity club ran its course, and has been replaced with "second-wave environmentalism," a.k.a. our culprit, sustainability.

A familiar web journal gets a new look and new mission.

TARP has expired. Are we better off for it?

Claremont, CA. ABC’s hit series “Modern Family” has returned to the air for its second season. It’s the “modern” elements of the “Modern Family” that you’re supposed to notice right…

Shades of things to come?

The answer is hardly obvious.

For Wendell Berry, the environmentalist cause and the localist cause are (or should be) one and the same.

You'll never guess what nation David B. Hart thinks qualifies for this title.

For instruction in civilization, nothing beats a small town.

Ah, you know what? Screw it. Give me the hairshirts wherever they are.

I was the featured speaker at September's Washington D.C. "Conservatism on Tap." My topic: "Is There a Conservative Tradition in America?" I'll post my talk here soon. Stay tuned.

Is the meaning of a feast forfeited when the fast is no longer observed?

The fundamental reason why American children are not educated properly is simply because the American people do not want their children to be educated properly.