- November 1, 2013I'm in the middle of writing a short essay on John Crowe Ransom's first book, Poems about God (1919). In…
- October 31, 2013When I think we can't hit new lows, I run across something like this: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/selfies-at-funerals/280972/ I am hardly familiar with…
- October 31, 2013For those readers at all interested in Angela Merkel's dismay, or the reach of our homeland spy agencies, here are…
- October 30, 2013There's a computer program called Lexile that purports to measure the complexity of books and thereby determine the grade level…
- October 24, 2013Anyone blessed enough to be within shouting distance of Batavia, New York, this Saturday, October 26, at 8 pm is…
- October 15, 2013Scale matters and a one-size-fits-all solution is a function of a state that exceeds a proper scale (and ignores a…
- October 14, 2013"I love Old October so/I can't bear to see her go," sang the Hoosier Poet of this most resplendent and…
- October 14, 2013In ISI's on-going series titled "Conservatism: What's Wrong with it and How Can we Make it Right?" Gerald Russello argues…
- October 11, 2013From The American Conservative, my review of Jesse Walker's terrific new book The United States of Paranoia.