Peter Lawler

ME on E.O. Wilson’s concealed conservatism. . . . . Continue Reading »

Out of self-interest I offer big and negative thoughts. . . . . Continue Reading »

So it’s Sunday and a so a day of rest from politics and economics. Not only that, it’s THE FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY. And I was inspired by the sermon beginning that we, made in the image of the God, need to get more insightful about God so, among other reasons, we can be more . . . . Continue Reading »

Tocqueville’s observation is the unencumbered democratic “I” is too isolated and disoriented to be sustainable. Thinking and acting in freedom depend on social content—on even dogmatic premises—that one can’t provide for oneself. It’s not enough to know what I . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Today’s birthdays: BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARILYN MONROE 2. Yesterday’s birthdays: WALT WHITMAN and CLINT EASTWOOD Anerican Studies mid-term questions: Explain how each of those remarkable and in many ways admirable human beings could be no one other than an American. Compare and contrast . . . . Continue Reading »

BIG THOUGHTS HERE. . . . . Continue Reading »

I always enjoy “American conservative” outrage. So in my second heresies post below, I explain how an American Puritan would find something, if maybe not much, to admire in “Wilsonianism.” For one thing, I wasn’t giving my own opinion, but an heretical one . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

BIG THOUGHTS here. . . . . Continue Reading »

Once again I’m overwhelmed by the heartfelt excellence of recent posts. Instead of commenting on each of them as I should, I only have time (studies show that you should never believe a sentence that begins that way) to, quite self-indulgently, post something about our Puritan heresy from a . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m siding with Carl. . . . . Continue Reading »