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Where does that leave us? With the difficult job of recovering the sturdy Jeffersonian virtues of the freeman—virtues of thrift, being rooted in one’s place, hard work, pride of ownership,…

The election offers us false choices - again.

What does it mean to be a Kentuckian, or a Kentucky senator? Does place have any place in a national election?

Our region became, unwittingly, the domestic front of what is now surely a global energy war.

If there’s one thing we have in higher education today it’s a superfluity of bluster.

Peace is a Jinn. It is that thing we are always in search of, but never enough to forget our accumulated envious resentments of those who are not like us.

Planting a greener Green Revolution.

Those so blessed by the Good Lord as to be within hailing (or driving) distance of Batavia, New York, might want to drop by the Pokadot diner tonight at 8…

Does food have a context of time and place?, or, How to make your own sausage.

Harry Reid's election in Nevada is all about an argument over the direction of the American system. Would that we could argue about the nature of that system instead.

Does the risk-free security of a screen hamper the development of real friendships?

Not with a bang, but a whimper . . .

Some ruling classes in history, more than others, deserve pitchforks.

Without proper accounting, there can be neither honest pricing nor clean water.

A "senior stateman" avows ignorance of Leviathan.

Events may soon conspire to force a conversation about the common good and the limits of power. Until that happens, gridlock may be the best option.

In today’s Los Angeles Times, Neil Gabler has an insightful piece on the way in which the “gang of friends” has become the dominant social group on American television.

The great '60s-'70s R&B singer General Johnson has died. The pacific General wrote the antiwar and pro-home anthem "Bring the Boys Home"

Writing at Public Discourse (of which I am the managing editor), Hadley Arkes criticizes conservatives and liberals and defends the notion that communities can define standards of speech. Balancing individual…

On the banks of a river, but can't get a drink.

News Flash: The Fed to reward spendthrifts and debtors!!

Anti-Washington Animus as Self-loathing.

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.

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