Peter Lawler

I have to give a talk at the Madison Center on Princeton on Monday as part of a panel on Locke. Here are some quick thoughts, based on Jim’s fine review in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . is pretty darn weak. And there’s no way in heck he could be elected. Nonetheless, we read in VOEGELI’s great book that he and Bill Clinton were on the cusp of entitlement reform we could have believed in when the Monica scandal broke. So there would be something to be said for a . . . . Continue Reading »

He’s not about the ideas, he’s about branding . . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s the link that I screwed up below on Gray death and so forth. To continue Carl’s musings below: I guess I would vote for Gingrich over Obama. But Gingrich is a jerk in obvious ways who hasn’t worked for more than a decade. He wouldn’t have a chance in heck. Too . . . . Continue Reading »

Here are MY thoughts. . . . . Continue Reading »

POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVE may have been SAVED by CARL SCOTT’S COLLEGE OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE. Carl’s off to a great start, and I’m glad he’s not talking about real ZOMBIES. Meanwhile, you can amuse yourselves with a long and (mostly) hostile thread responding to ME (sort of . . . . Continue Reading »

Here are my thoughts , which I hope complement John’s below. . . . . Continue Reading »

As Yuval explains, liberals no longer think that History is on their side. So the long for the days when our safety nets were more secure and our lives were more humane and dignified as a result. I might add that one danger that is that our libertarians might come to think too confidently that they . . . . Continue Reading »

And a biographical insight into the origins of POSTMODERN RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD (or POSTMODERN CONSERVATISM). To those (beginning with Paul) who have written to me about Sara: Thanks, she’s in rehab now and slowly but surely figuring out how to walk again. It was a very close call, and once . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I’m against it. Thanks to John, by the way, for a fascinating, If self-indulgent in the good way, post. . . . . Continue Reading »