Peter Lawler

That’s two separate issues . . . I agree with Pete that encouraging Ryan to enter the race is to fall short of endorsing him. It’s even a kind of desperation move based on pessimistic premises. Despite his lack of managerial experience and all that, Kate in the thread below is right to . . . . Continue Reading »

Postmodern and conservative readers and bloggers especially welcome. The facts are HERE . . . . . Continue Reading »

Andrew Sullivan , one of America’s most prolific and admired bloggers, reports (with a generous quote and a link that helped my ratings significantly) that I’m fascinated with THE HELP. Right he is. Maybe it doesn’t take much to fascinate me. But he also quotes another expert who . . . . Continue Reading »

This part is on the aristocratic characer of Eugenia . . . . . Continue Reading »

So here’s the right link to my post on the movie. I actually think the movie adds stuff to our “narrative” about the South—both good and bad—that even Walker Percy misses. And on Ryan: I’m more impressed by the case against him Pete lays out than the case for . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s more authentically SOUTHERN than most movies about the South during the Civil Rights era. So it has lot more real to. say about race, class, and gender . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, first, I want to praise Carl’s doing so well in making so much out of THE RAMONES. He’s not yet ready for the cover of THE ROLLING STONE, but he has been linked by the magazine’s website, apparently. I saw the Ramones live in Baltimore in 1978. I enjoyed the crowd. But they . . . . Continue Reading »

HERE . I think I disagree with Pete below in calling Michele the Tiger Woods of demagoguery, because (unlike Peron or Willy Stark) she actually believes what she’s saying. That would mean, of course, that she would be incapable of making an semi-authentic move to the center in the general . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m charitable enough to admire her principles—not to mention her skillful domination of the debate. But there is the quesiton of prudence . . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m working my way to explaining why I don’t have to choose between CLASSICAL NATURAL RIGHT and MODERN HISTORY (already implicit in modern natural rights). . . . . Continue Reading »