Peter Lawler

Here’s ME talking at length and very rapidly about my book (which is still available!). It’s rare that an interviewer actually read the book AND liked it for good reasons. She was great. It’s not that rare that I’m high on caffeine when giving an interview (or lecture or . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s ME appreciating Susan McWilliams’ insight into what the Lady’s words are all about. . . . . Continue Reading »

Let me try to make the connection implied in the above title. First off, I’m trying to mainstrem the postmodern and conservative view of designing babies at BIG THINK . And here’s more , in response to an irate transhumanist. And all this talk on secession—and the passions being . . . . Continue Reading »

Yes, according to the brilliant Sara Henary. Here is the conclusion of the fantastic talk she gave at Berry last November. Question for discussion: Does our Declaration depend on specifically Christian premises—even its theoretical core? Hint: Sara is expressing her disagreement with Michael . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m very sorry not to have time to post here. On the BIG THINK front, I’ve been trying to mainstream pomocon ideas on happiness, evolution, and all that. In the thread, I called Darwinian Larry a closet Epicurean. Here’s what I meant: The theory of evolution for him is really a . . . . Continue Reading »

So I just got in the mail the impressive newsletter from Pat Deneen’s Tocqueville Forum at Georgetown. Here’s its prosaic but kind of pithy summary of what I said there on Constitution Day: Dr. Peter Lawler argued that Locke’s ideas fit the Mystery Passage [ Planned Parenthood v. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s my thought, following the lead of probably the second smartest citizen of Georgia of all time: Secession was stupid. In general, I’ll be following the events of that war with a focus on (the lack of) southern statesmanship. I will also have lots to say about Alexander Stephens, . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s something the other critics aren’t telling you. Still, it’s not much fun actually to watch, despite its twisted sex scenes that leave almost nothing to the imagination. If you want to talk about something else, then how about the country’s lessened hostility to . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s my take on Tocqueville’s take on it. This is evidence to support the view of Walker Percy that the Calvinists (Puritans) and the Southern Stoics are America’s indigenous counter-cultural alternatives. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s my view, including an un-Porcher interpretation of the “Sputnik moment”—then and now. . . . . Continue Reading »