Peter Lawler

This explains my absence. It wasn’t out of any lack of love and respect for each and every one of you. . . . . Continue Reading »

Maybe be close to an oxymoron , according to a Northwestern study. . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . as the conservative reality show (according to ME ). . . . . Continue Reading »

The comments below are right insofar as I joined into Dr. Pat Deneen’s polemic against Fascism. Nonetheless, it’s true that Brad Thompson does pretty much call Strauss and some Straussians at least something close to Fascists. The allegation amount to this: Anyone who promotes personal . . . . Continue Reading »

based on a what a good study shows. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a fine article on Flannery O’Connor, Hulga, and Joy. . . . . Continue Reading »

not ME, but ME on the movie. . . . . Continue Reading »

Carl, in one of this thoughtful threadifications below, cautions me to be clear that, in thinking through what Alexander Stephens might have meant, not to confuse anyone on my views of slavery and scientific racism. Be assured I’m not pro-choice on slavery. Not only that, of course, I agree . . . . Continue Reading »

Lots of people think that—including the entrepreneurs who often dominate the boards of colleges and universities. But not ME . . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m not against it and might even help pay for it. But as a viewer , not a tax payer. . . . . Continue Reading »