Articles Archive
On the Road Again
. . . we rediscovered the meaning of Place. Limits. Liberty.
Ideal Curriculum
This term gets used too much. Whenever you are exiled to a curriculum committee run as fast as if you were asked to serve on a tax-cutting committee run by…
Come Home, America: Prospects for a Coalition Against Empire
The recent anti-empire, anti-war conference in DC could be the start of a significant Left-and-Right movement to challenge the foundation of U.S. foreign policy. An across-the-spectrum coalition has great potential…
Some Children Must Be Left Behind
Will raising the legal dropout age teach troubled kids anything? Probably not.
One Tea Party Too Late
Derbyshire in the latest TAC: [H]ere are the Tea Partiers vowing to “take back America.” Is there any real prospect of their doing so? If the “time left for us…
Distracted Achievement Gap
The problem is that public schools inherit children who are "overentertained and distracted."
The End of Beauty — And We’re Not Talking Teleologically Here!
The concluding installment of "Art and Beauty against the Politicized Aesthetic" has appeared on First Principles, a series of essays begun in hopes of analyzing and reforming American conservatism as…
Truck Farm
These two intrepid fellows are out to prove that good food can be grown almost anywhere. This creative garden suggests that growing at least some food is not so much…
It’s the Land, Stupid
I'll take the old gal with a few well-earned wrinkles that fit soft and snug like a favorite glove. It's the land, stupid, and boy is she a thing of…
Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: Rebuilding an American Economy Focused on Family and Community
In light of the the economic crisis - and the bright light it sheds on the failings of modern capitalism - there is a need to reconsider older arguments of…
Interview with Me
Recently I was interviewed by the organizers of the website "The Conservatory." Here is an excerpt of the interview, as well as a link to the whole discussion.
And the Jays Have it (Republican Bunning Hazards the Impolitic)
As one of literary bent and so frequently guilty of casting the charge of a Pox On Both Houses at our besotted political parties, I was impressed that at long…
T.S. Eliot on Community and Belief
I shall be giving a lecture on Eliot and Stoicism next week; FPR readers are invited.
Place, Limits, Liberty (In That Order)
Harvey Mansfield and William Galston disagree about liberty; from the perspective that insists place empowers liberty, Galston has it right.
Exploiting Antiquities
To him, the created world is merely “resources” and fodder for “job creation.”
Where have all the freshmen gone?
Heaven forbid. . .
Louis Auchincloss, RIP
Louis Auchincloss died January 26, 2010, aged 92. Most of the obits talk about his prolific writing career while working as a serious attorney until age 87. They also emphasize…
A Tale of Two Banks
He discovered that he could solve the dependence on loan sharks in one village with a mere $27 in capital. For a man who was used to working in millions…
FPR: Ho Chi Minh Fever Dream?
FPR in the Weekly Standard: Getting Under JPod's Skin
Our Hookup Culture
Hooking up is almost bound to emerge as a norm among young adults in a large-scale society where mobility is highly prized and cultivated.
Appetite Control
The farmer Joel Salatin speaks at Georgetown - coincidentally during "Sex Positive Week." He should have been scheduled for those events too, since he has something in general to teach…