Introduction: I am grateful that Jeffrey Ventrella took my response to him as friendly push back. He has now responded to me, and because these issues are really important, I would really like ...
The Leak in the Tires of Classical Liberalism
Jeffery Ventrella recently put a lot of hay on his fork as he undertook to deal with a recent outbreak of some Bronze Age buffoonery. He covered quite a lot of territory, a lot more than I can respond ...
Is the Constitution as Dead as that Parrot?
A Freebie Book Teaser—: —because you are no doubt looking for a summer read that somehow fits in with how crazy and festive and ominous and convoluted everything has gotten, particularly in June, ...
Timon Time Again
Introduction: I read and greatly appreciated Timon's engagement with the point I made on Tucker regarding my belief that we are past the point of political solutions. I agree with a lot of what ...
On Shunning the Counsels of Denethor
I have thoughts a plenty about the splash that Rory made, and so I am just going put them down in the order that they occur to me, with perhaps some arrangement after the fact. The transitions between paragraphs may seem somewhat abrupt, and so if it seems that way to you, just say, “Ah, …
Rory Stays Put
I really do need to say something about my grandson, Rory, because when you are this proud of somebody, it is necessary to say something. As a number of you know, he is about to graduate from Columbia, and so he has been a close observer of all the recent tumult there. Last night, a …
The Great Shantytown Plausibility Structure
Introduction: On one level, the protests at Columbia should have been the easiest thing in the world to fix. All you needed was about 14 fire trucks and 28 fire hoses, all going full blast. The ...
Ten Thousand Camels
If you had a mischievous spirit about you, and you thought you detected a spirit of envy among some of your North American companions, you might ask them—at a nice restaurant over dinner, say, and with ...
FAQs on Christian Nationalism
1. What is Christian Nationalism? Christian Nationalism is the view that secularism is a hollow construct, now plainly revealed to be bankrupt. Additionally, CN is the belief that human societies ...
A Gratuitous Potshot?
It has been drawn to my attention that some folks have wondered whether or not I was aiming at David Bahnsen (and friends) with this recent paragraph: “Professing Christians who are nervous about Christian nationalism will see their options begin to narrow. They cannot refute these observations, or at least to date have shown no …