Articles Archive
The Sustainability Stampede
The diversity club ran its course, and has been replaced with "second-wave environmentalism," a.k.a. our culprit, sustainability.
The New First Principles
A familiar web journal gets a new look and new mission.
Not a “Modern Family” At All
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…
Hearing Wendell Berry
For Wendell Berry, the environmentalist cause and the localist cause are (or should be) one and the same.
The Greatest Nation on Earth?
You'll never guess what nation David B. Hart thinks qualifies for this title.
Everything I Ever Learned About Civility I Learned in a Small Town
For instruction in civilization, nothing beats a small town.
“Conservatism on Tap”
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.
Self-Esteem v. Standards
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.
I’ll Trade You 750 Hubert Humphreys for One Henrik Shipstead
My latest column from the American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/blog/slogans-heroes.
Norman Maclean and the Question of Craft
"Fear and pity are made out of grammar,” he writes, and in this most particular grammatical unit he finds the fabric of tragedy itself.
Saul Sung True
From The American Conservative, Reason's Jesse Walker on Nicholas von Hoffman's Saul Alinsky.
Bicycling and the Simple (Socialist?) Life
Bicycling is fun, and environmentally friendly, but for me at least, it is even more importantly about being as free as possible from the complicated dependencies which the automobile economy…
Which Came First, the Chicken or the McNugget?
In many ways, the Los Angeles County Fair is not so different from county fairs all over the country ... except for its agricultural exhibit.
The Ties that Stretch and Bind
Many a time, I have seen my friend doting on his little seven-year-old half brother, picking him up from school, cooking for him, and keeping his classmates’ junk food at…
A Brief History of Time Wasted.
The Ninth Anniversary of 9/11/01; Three Squared Equals Zero in the New American Math.
