James Matthew Wilson
James Matthew Wilson is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University.
Articles by James Matthew Wilson
Libertarian Solutions to Communal Difficulties
Devon, PA. R.R. Reno writes on the First Things website this morning, I’m no libertarian. St. Paul was clear that government is ordained by God, and St. Thomas helps us…
Dare We Conform to Our Natures?
Mecosta, MI. A FPR reader has written a fine essay dilating on a theme introduced in my own most recent piece (which was, in fact, largely a set of links…
Marriage Ends in New York, An Ancient Struggle Continues
Devon, PA. As my latest pair of essays on FPR scrolled across the screen, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was keeping the family legacy alive of undermining the obligations of…
Measuring the World Whole
Devon, PA. Mark A. Signorelli's superb essay, "Poetry and the Common Language," appeared on FPR last month, and made to my mind a fine addition to helping us contemplate the…
The Death of the Family
Devon, PA. In my previous essay, a sort of preface, I mentioned a two-part essay I published in the wake of the 2008 presidential election, called "Sarah Palin, Spectacular Politics, and the…
Arguments about the Meaning of Family
Devon, PA. Scott Yenor, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University, has provided two dispassionate and informative articles on the historical function of the family and the means…
Grand Rapids and the Day the Music Died
Devon, PA. Newsweek listed Grand Rapids as one of America's top-ten dying cities sometime ago. This prompted the city to come together in a rather inspired way to film a…
Surprise! “Free Trade Agreements” Damage the American Economy
Devon, PA. Paul Craig Roberts reports at The American Conservative the shocking news that a Nobel-prizing-winning economist associated with the Council on Foreign Relations has demonstrated the deleterious effects of…
Lawler on Entitlement Reform
Devon, PA. Everyone seems to be in on, and to understand, the debate between FPR and Peter Lawler's "postmodern conservatism" except me. I have made a few jokes and gestures…
This Is My Son: Two Years Later
Devon, PA. Two years ago this week, President Obama delivered the commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame. Great numbers of students, faculty, alumni, and American Catholics protested the…
Abortion and American Federalism
Devon, PA. Joe Carter, over at the First Things web page, offers a reflection on Ron Paul's pro-life credentials and how they square -- or rather, in Carter's opinion, how…
Counselling in Pornland
Devon, PA. Mark T. Mitchell's powerful essay on Jane Austen in the age of porn coincides with an interesting news item on Inside Higher Ed. A group called the Young…