Peter Lawler

is HERE . It includes, as all good journals do, an article by ME—on the connection between individualism and our entitlement crisis. It also includes a very profound yet very “with it” article by Gladden Pappin. . . . . Continue Reading »

1. I will be debating Ronald Bailey tomorrow night in Mary Lyon Hall at Wheaton College, MASS at 8 p.m. I’m told it’s 40 miles from Boston and 30 miles from Providence. Ron is very entertaining and a great guy. The issue is whether indulging Ron’s desire to live forever will . . . . Continue Reading »

And I will be “live blogging” HERE . Pete, if you’re around, you’re welcome to join in. Call me at 706 766 7137 if you can. It starts at 5. . . . . Continue Reading »

chance , contingency, necessity, love, death, a therapist with cute big teeth . . . . Continue Reading »

My suggestion is that the brilliant and undeluded Pete write up a draft (that way we’ll have a lot of facts), and then the others add to it. The whole thing should be no longer than 2000 words or so. Then we will try to change the world with it. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a BIG THINK and so somewhat lower pay grade post on the Constitution’s silence on God. Almost nothing I haven’t already said here. . . . . Continue Reading »

1. First, welcome back Pete. His two new posts combined are so important that I wonder whether we should develop a most timely pomocon manifesto on why we’re in big trouble. Pete explains exactly why, and I assume the rest of us agree. (With minor exceptions: Like whether or not Perry is . . . . Continue Reading »

1. The the modern nation, at its best, is based on the realistic observations that each of us is a citizen, but more than a citizen. The so-called theological-political problem only exists when we politicize theology or deny the relative but quite real autonomy of political life. We learn from . . . . Continue Reading »

This unfriendly article isn’t completely right. Nonetheless, it is right enough on the observation that the TEA PARTY conservatives have abandoned Rick for reasons that couldn’t be remedied by better debating. So his Texas baggage alienated him, ironically, from both the moderates and . . . . Continue Reading »

Explained here . . . . . Continue Reading »