Peter Lawler

So I’m reading the Heritage Foundation’s mostly reasonable campaign book CHANGING THE COURSE: WHAT’S AT STAKE IN 2012. The section on JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, called “Rogue Justice,” explains that progressive judges have transformed the Court from being the least dangerous . . . . Continue Reading »

my big thoughts . . . . Continue Reading »

Our Jim has a witty and instructive review of a book on rating the presidents. It turns out that Jim can sum up the truth about presidential greatness in one paragraph: Greatness is to be found not just in the effecting of an important change but in comparing the magnitude and worth of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Christie and Springsteen explained by ME. . . . . Continue Reading »

1. I have to say that Pete’s last two posts display a very singular integration of his personal experiences etc. into his policy analysis. He’s ready to turn pro and needs an agent. I, of course, will plagiarize the heck out of the development of informed conservative opinion on health . . . . Continue Reading »

So I don’t want to give the impression that heresies are all bad. They’re usually partly good: They highlight part of the truth that had been obscured or neglected. They’re rebellions that have a Christian point. Consider this partial affirmation of the heretical modern—or . . . . Continue Reading »

Due to the absence of West Coast Straussians and perhaps the silence of Mr. Ceaser, we’ve reached a kind of postmodern and conservative consensus that PART of progressivism—the part articulated by the Court in PLANNED PARENTHOOD v. CASEY and LAWRENCE v. TEXAS—is a kind of Lockean . . . . Continue Reading »

BIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . . Continue Reading »

Meanwhile, here’s a liberal article that complains that the Democrats never developed a grand narrative to defend ObamaCare. The demonizing of those evildoing Koch brothers has been effective because it’s been unchallenged. The indignant author notes, surely correctly, that the last . . . . Continue Reading »

Pat Deneen does well to call attention to this confident comment by our President: Stumping in Iowa on May 24, President Obama declared, “We don’t need another political fight about ending a woman’s right to choose, or getting rid of Planned Parenthood, or taking away affordable . . . . Continue Reading »