Articles

The Jurisdiction of Science

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.

Why I Hope Westboro Baptist Church, the ACLU, and Dahlia Lithwick...

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

Profiting on Localism

Macy's goes local. Except for the profits.

TARP: RIP

TARP has expired. Are we better off for it?

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...

Austerity Measures Spark Riots in Europe

Shades of things to come?

Is There a Conservative Tradition in America?

The answer is hardly obvious.

Hearing Wendell Berry

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

Everything I Ever Learned About Civility I Learned in a Small...

For instruction in civilization, nothing beats a small town.

Our Special Today is Spleen

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