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This article first appeared in Ethika Politika, the Journal of the Center for Morality in Public Life.  To all appearances, nothing happened. On Monday, we had a Democratic President, a Democratic…

An ill-fitting presidential nominee led to an election loss. A better nominee might win next time--but is winning enough?

This is Part IV of a series of essays. For previous installments of "Life Under Compulsion," see Part I, Part II, and Part III. “Good morning, Mr. Jones,” says the man…

The View from My Front Porch, or Why We Bought the Farm               by Andrea Kirk Assaf Remus, Michigan. The view from my gray…

These remarks were delivered before the Notre Dame College Republicans at a panel devoted to discussing the future of the Republican Party.  As an independent, I am not especially interested…

Berwyn, PA.  I add my voice to the FPR symposium on the presidential election in this morning's edition of Crisis Magazine, where I assess the way in which President Obama…

The family’s life in this village had come to an end when the lake was dammed in 1958. One wonders who would consider such things worth it.

The following is a series of reflections and ruminations on Decision 2012, courtesy of FPR writers-at-large.  Winnebago County, IL. Following Standard Operating Procedures, Republican bosses in Washington [and their lackeys…

The GOP strategists once again react to getting clobbered by calling for an embrace of their (alleged) opponents' policies.  After all, if only Romney could've distanced himself from pro-life fanatics…

Berwyn, PA.  I woke this morning, prepared to write a point-by-point assessment of yesterday's election, though I was not looking forward to the job, since one must say this morning the…

Charlie Chaplin is working on an assembly line.  He tightens bolts with a pair of wrenches.  He does this without stop, over and over, for hours on end.  The repetitive…

The folks at Conservative Heritage Times have kindly asked me to participate in a virtual symposium -- something similar to those being held by the FPR editors and the American Conservative writers.  Anyone curious…

If Americans don’t vote in record numbers in this year’s election it won’t be because they haven’t been reminded. Bob Schieffer concluded the third debate with an admonishment to vote.…

LEXINGTON, Mass. -- It is not a porch, but a long cement slab that stretches the width of our home, which we make on the lower level of a small…

My brother Brett and I were polite but rambunctious children who made a game of killing bees and dumping their carcasses into buckets of rainwater.  Having heard that bees, like…

The Baylor University historian, Thomas Kidd, wrote a post recently in his regular column at Patheos about evangelicals who are neither liberal nor comfortable with the GOP. He referred to…

Lincoln, I was informed when I was nine years old, freed the slaves. I learned that lesson well; I was an excellent student. Lincoln freed the slaves and, in my…

If this is feminism, then pass me the patriarchy, please.

Berwyn, PA.  Cardinal George offers us the strong words -- not of oracular prophecy, but of historical wisdom.  A few passages: Communism imposed a total way of life based upon the…

At the film festival in Cannes this past summer and at the Toronto film festival in the fall, Nick Cassavetes brought to the screen his new film Yellow.  It is…

Set in the heart of the Burned-Over District, the Finger Lakes region of New York is among the culturally, historically, and culinarily richest parts of the country. Now it has…

“Imagine,” said my friend, “how long it takes the bus to go from Little Anse,” a village at the extreme end of the island where my family and I spend…

My 2006 profile/interview of the patriot from Mitchell, South Dakota: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/come-home-america-2/.

News of the passing of Gene Genovese and Henry May took the wind out of these aging sails. In addition to reading these historians while in grad school almost thirty…