Tag: Christopher Lasch
Gridlock and the Common Good
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.
A Note on Right, Left, and Lasch at the Present Time
If Lasch couldn't express a way for leftists and localists to speak the same language, perhaps no one can.
Bacevich to Miller to Lasch
How's that for a triple play? Andrew Bacevich reviews Eric Miller's new biography of Christopher Lasch.
After the Econolypse
Hamilton, Ontario. When remembering a family-owned grocery store in rural Virginia, a first image comes to mind, even though I did not actually witness...
Defending Lasch, Left and/or Right
Wichita, KS. No one, I think, has ever summed up the longing for a life with front porches--the localist longing which is this blog's...
Eric Miller on The Lost Cause of the Midwest
Devon, PA. If you have not encountered Eric Miller's savage indignation elsewhere, here is a fine place to start: his review of David S....
Voices Against Progress: What I Learned from Genovese, Lasch, and Bradford
The following is excerpted from Paul Gottfried's Encounters: My Life with Nixon, Marcuse, and Other Friends and Teachers, recently published by ISI Books.
I met...
The Decline of Middle America and the Problem of Meritocracy
I delivered a version of the following text as a lecture at Augustana College last Tuesday, April 28 (all errors of fact and interpretation...
TAC Counter-Programming on Tea-Party Day
FPR readers should certainly check out the American Conservative today. First, they have a new essay up by Dermot Quinn on the relationship of...