Culture, High & Low

Attributes of the Gentleman or Mr. Darcy’s Rules of Engagement

Even in a democratic age, where social classes are fluid and poorly demarcated, the gentleman is characterized by these five attributes.

Of Dullards, Whales, Frustrations, and Shirts Like Fetters

What of those who have never once thought it their duty to amuse their readers?

Agrarian Politics: Why I Care

Interest in agrarian politics can start in childhood. As feminists used to say, "The personal is political."

Yo! Farmer Dude!

What farmer shortage? We're all farmers here at 1st and Main.

A Case For Government

In this hitherto unpublished 1995 lecture, Wilson Carey McWilliams sought to persuade a conservative audience (at the University of Dallas) for an arguably "conservative"...

Old is Green

(Or, Fix Your Darn Windows)

Will There Be Zombies?

But that is not so with computers, for no matter how many doctorates one holds in computer science, at some point the system disappears into a world of magic.

The Family-Centered Economy

Overall, the key corrolations are clear: functional families are strong and large; strong and large families are function-rich.

Community AND Liberty OR Individualism AND Statism

(What follows is the text of the remarks that I delivered at the recently concluded I.S.I. Honors Program. The conference was entitled "The Language...

Against Vacation

The vacation, far from being a treatment for a serious illness, is instead a symptom of it.