The Problem of Undertheorized Agrarianism in Most Actually Argued Localism
That's a terrible title for this post, I know. But hopefully it'll make sense, if you actually make it to the end.
First of...
Unsolicited Advice for the Republican Party
Hidden Springs Lane. It is clear that the GOP is in disarray. The recent CPAC conference only served to highlight that the Republicans are...
Mark Mitchell’s Politics of Gratitude (Theoretical and Otherwise)
To continue with the excellent discussion begun by R.J. Snell, Mark Mitchell's fine and thoughtful book is filled with important insights and challenges, which...
Capital Offense
Washington, DC
I’ve been spending my semester in exile in our nation’s capital. My apartment is in Arlington, on a ridge overlooking the city. From...
U.S. ‘Intervention’ in Syria Unlawful
Proponents of Syria “intervention” did not seem to notice any irony as Secretary of State John Kerry, on the one hand, chastened Iraq for...
Our Slippery Slope into the Age of “Big Love”
Berwyn, PA. Many of us will recall the criticism Rick Santorum endured regarding this passage from a 2003 interview:
And if the Supreme Court says...
Democracy Is A Racket
War and Democracy
by Paul Gottfried
Arktos Media Ltd
170 pp., $21.00
In this slender volume Paul Gottfried addresses everything from the influence of ancient Greek thought on...
In Defense of President Obama’s Syria Policy
Myriad calls have been made for intervention in Syria. President Obama has been blamed with everything from “feeble paralysis most foul” to subcontracting “foreign...
Deleting the Individual: Big Data and Presidential Campaigns
The following is an excerpt from David Masciotra's new book, Against Traffic: Essays on Politics and Identity. For sale exclusively at Amazon.
Looking back over...
Filibustering the Filibuster
Washington, Connecticut. As I watched Senator Rand Paul slurp his dripping candy bar, a sinking feeling set in. This does not diminish his determined...