Peter Lawler

The always astute Mr. Douthat preaches the eulogy here . This, of course, is bad news for FIRST THINGS, seeing as the brand “Catholic moment” was coined by Father Neuhaus. And it’s a brand I’ve always believed in trying to restore or inaugurate the idea of indigenous . . . . Continue Reading »

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I only have a moment. But this is from the article translated by our Ralph in the new issue of FIRST THINGS: I am one of those who believe that a human being is not an autonomous construction with no given structure, order, status, or role. I believe that the affirmation of freedom does not imply . . . . Continue Reading »

I had to say SOMETHING about the last episode after all. . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to Jason for his very instructive post below on Wendell Berry. For me, it’s not so much that Berry is for same-sex marriage these days. It’s that he thinks—with his characteristic self-righteousness—that anyone who disagrees with him is a bigoted jerk in the thrall of . . . . Continue Reading »

Our newly crowned SUPERTHREADER C.J. Wolfe wonders about the SIGNIFICANCE of the postmodern yet conservative use of ALL CAPS: To kick-start the manifesto John, here’s a question that I’ve been wondering about the POMOCON persuasion ever since I started reading and posting on this blog: Is . . . . Continue Reading »

So did the Sunday night comparison of GIRLS and DOWNTON (although I wasn’t given credit for THAT). I’ve been on the road for reasons professional and personal the last couple of days, and so I haven’t been able to comment on Carl and John on why we pomocons—given how . . . . Continue Reading »

Leon Kass , that is, who worked for a month in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in 1964. Here’s what we learn: Some communities do need to be organized, although the key organization has to come from within. The situation of the African American in Mississippi really was in some ways . . . . Continue Reading »

Carl’s post below is, of course, on the money. Here’s CJ’s addition to it in the thread: As someone else who argues for Founderism in academic circles, I agree with what you say here. The reality of the evil of segregation means three things for me, practically: 1) I try not to . . . . Continue Reading »