Peter Lawler

So here’s a brief report on my brief vacation. Thanks to those of you who wrote me concerned about my health or sanity or very existence, because I had virtually disappeared. In response to the many requests to say something about Berry College and Chick-fil-A, I have to respond that the . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s the ultimate highly literate American Exceptionalism blog, which is and is going to be a lot of help to anyone teaching American politics (including me). . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Isn’t the problem with the Penn State mega-penalty that the horribly monstrous violation didn’t involve any football players or Penn State students? 2. Is Crabby Ceaser walking backwards in the mode of his new favorite species toward Porcherism? 3. One reason I’ve haven’t . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Thanks to Kate for the comments on Aurora. I can’t say anything yet. 2. Just back from the ISI Honors Program. One political fact: Couldn’t find anyone who’s enthusiastic about Romney. But fact no. 2: In 2008, there’s was a lot of self-indulgence about sitting the race . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . but I apologize for being MIA. I’m at the ISI honors conference and just don’t have much time. Here’s some random reflections on the conference theme. . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m using my awesome power to drag a comment from a much earlier thread and post it here. Otherwise, it’s greatness would have been lost on everyone but me. The author is one of Cropsey’s most erudite, deeply humane, and modest-to-a-fault students—Joe Alulis: For a post on . . . . Continue Reading »

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Here’s the excellent blog ARTERY BLOCKAGE . The author is clearly one of the 22 Americans who has read and understood my Modern and American Dignity . And he’s added quite thoughtfully and provocatively to what I wrote: As the family, the church, and the social state weaken, colleges . . . . Continue Reading »

So here’s another fragment for my ISI lecture. Be assured this isn’t my view. And I’m getting around to the Declaration of Independence: Some conservatives say that what distinguishes America is that ours is the most modern and untraditional or unhinged country. Certainly there . . . . Continue Reading »