Peter Lawler

1. Jason is off to a great start and has found a place in our postmodern—yet conservative—world. 2. I put some SUPER 8 stuff on BIG THINK . . . . . Continue Reading »

I make a regular practice of linking other blogs that completely agree with me on big issues like beverages and regard me as a hero. I also invite their wise author(s) to join us here on postmodern conservative. Rumor has it that Jason Joseph of MUSINGS ON THE PUBLIC SQUARE will join us here . . . . Continue Reading »

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1. Here are BIG THINK comments on the Declaration and all that. 2. There are some good comments below on the statesmanship of Eisenhower’s farewell speech that includes the stuff about the military-industrial complex. 3. My objections are to the perspective that develops when that stuff and . . . . Continue Reading »

George Wil l is endorsing and so trying to mainstream a new book convincingly making the case case that a Democratic president and Congress prodded the basically unaccountable Fannie Mae (dominated by Democrats and basically a huge Democratic interest group) to abandon ordinary prudence or good . . . . Continue Reading »

According to lots of Republican experts , the race for the nomination has already been winnowed down to Bachmann, Romney, and Perry. I agree with Pete that Pawlenty could come back if Bachmann self-destructs before Iowa, but that seems very unlikely. Perry, at first glance, seems like the mean . . . . Continue Reading »

1. And a movie the Porchers can almost believe in. 2. It’s a movie that’s parts of lots and lots of movies about home, friendship, family, and ETs who just want to go home. It could easily be understood as Abrams’ suck up to Spielberg. But there is, after all, a good side to . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s supposed to be, as I explain, Obama’s “hidden advantage.” . He won’t have any primary opposition that might weaken him. There’s a lot to say, but it is true that nobody doubts that Obama is a real Progressive, just as nobody doubted that Reagan is a real . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . that John Lennon ended up being a sort-of Republican who was all for Reagan. And that he even knew how silly the lyrics were to his signature song. That’s evolution we can believe in? . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . at the conversational table of plenty that is the POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVE blog. Mr. Spiliakos, the most able and independent political voice in the blogosphere (check out his contributions at NO LEFT TURNS), opens below on the saddest of supermen (not Obama). Pete has joined Carl (and John) . . . . Continue Reading »