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Asides

  • April 3, 2014
    In an article at The American Conservative, Arthur W. Hunt III argues that the economic ideas touched on by Pope…
  • April 2, 2014
    For those in the Great Lakes region, our own Jason Peters will be speaking this Thursday (April 3) in the…
  • April 2, 2014
    “Nor would the stress Of life be bearable for tender things Did not so long a respite come between The…
  • March 27, 2014
    This interesting piece explains that small government conservatives (the author mainly has libertarians in mind, it seems) cannot work together…
  • March 25, 2014
    This piece from The Economist attempts to argue that narcissism can be good. Meanwhile, this piece asks whether rural America…
  • March 21, 2014
    FPR contributor Ted McAllister and Bill McClay have just published a collection of essays titled Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity,…
  • March 20, 2014
    This piece offers some interesting data about the proclivities of young adults. Apparently, there are tendencies away from religious affiliation,…
  • March 20, 2014
    [Cross-posted to In Medias Res] If it so happens that someone who sees this post lives in or within driving…
  • March 19, 2014
    Sometimes speaking, or holding one’s tongue, can make the difference. All the difference. For life and death. Many in authority…
  • March 17, 2014
    For readers in Western Michigan, Rod Dreher is speaking at Cornerstone University tonight at 7pm in the Matthews Auditorium. He…
  • March 13, 2014
    Pope Francis has recently been invited to address the U.S. Congress, according to this piece. Meanwhile this piece has a…
  • March 12, 2014
    “Some day, perhaps, remembering even this Will be a pleasure.” Virgil, The Aeneid, I Aeneas and his men have endured…