Peter Lawler

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So, in the interest of delaying real work, I’m continuing my tour of THE NEW REPUBLIC.  Here’s  another illuminating article.  Gladwell contributes to our democratic denial of personal sovereignty by reinforcing the ridiculous idea that “the . . . . Continue Reading »

Read this incisive article.  Does anyone with any sense really believe that our “deal” with Iran will do anything of consequence in slowing its progress toward acquiring nuclear weapons?  Its effectual truth is to make things easier for Iran on the sanctions front and the . . . . Continue Reading »

So congratulations to Pete for taking the lead in explaining why the Democrats’ semi-abandonment of the FILIBUSTER was stupid and will probably benefit the Republicans over the long term. Randy Barnett, for one, cited Pete as the expert on this issue.  Randy, like most libertarians, has . . . . Continue Reading »

Kuttner , an old-fashioned progressive, big-government liberal, said that the Democrats missed a big opportunity in 2008.  Due to the mainly Republican missteps, there was a moment when progressive reform could have, once again, become change we can believe in.  What we needed was a new . . . . Continue Reading »

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So the big question for my TECHNOLOGY class this week is whether the book (and the idea) of THE BRAVE NEW WORLD is likely right about the chief danger facing us in our increasingly biotechnological future. Ben Storey, a student of Leon Kass, told us last week at Berry College that Leon thinks . . . . Continue Reading »

So here are a couple of books that just came out: Pope Benedict XVI and the Politics of Modernity (Routledge), edited by Marc Guerra—America’s greatest theologian. It includes a long chapter by me on the Christian view of personal logos, marriage, and other elements of rat choice . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m not so good at making predictions. I did predict ObamaCare wouldn’t work over the long term, but I never thought that it wouldn’t experience some initial ambiguous success. On the True-False quiz: I’m encouraged by the large number of astute responses. I think the answer . . . . Continue Reading »

Is each of the following TRUE or FALSE? If you waffle, explain yourself with an essay. 1. I got this off the FACEBOOK rambles of disgruntled ex-conservative Bruce Bartlett, who spends his day calling attention to the many ways, in his view, Republicans are moralistic morons. (He’s not always . . . . Continue Reading »