Asides

February 4, 2015

“For the begetter is the ruler by reason of love and age…” Aristotle, Politics Perhaps we do not normally think…

February 3, 2015

Here's Jack Ross over at the Mitrailleuse: The taxonomy by which the DC establishment made sense of the Democratic victory…

January 30, 2015

From The American Conservative, the art of Alexander O. Levy, who painted the street where he lived.

January 30, 2015

Here in the Air Capital of the World, the Wichita City Council, in response to the second attempt by dozens…

January 28, 2015

Those of you reading Jason Peters' fine article on "liberal" miseducation may also want to take a look at this…

January 23, 2015

My review of 'American Sniper' is up at TAC: The New York Times review of “Lawrence of Arabia” from 1962 complains that we…

January 17, 2015

Pete Davis made his debut on this blog this week, with an essay on the poisonous politics of The West Wing. But…

January 16, 2015

Stephen Heiner writes about about why he didn't participate in the Paris march. http://theamericaninparis.com/2015/01/10/je-ne-suis-pas-charlie-why-im-not-marching-in-paris-tomorrow/

December 26, 2014

"He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." Handel's Messiah, Air from Part…

December 17, 2014

Hunting season is a time for fathers and sons. I have posted a reflection at The Catholic Gentleman on the…

December 16, 2014

Dear Readers, With the end of the year soon upon us, it is time once again to think about making…

December 10, 2014

“It’s no easy task—indeed it’s very difficult—to realize that in every soul there is an instrument that is purified and…