Peter Lawler

1. The conference at BYU on OUR CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS provoked all sorts of thought, even in ME. Let me begin by thinking a bit about the Progressive view of the Constitution. 2. One view, as we’ve said, is that our original Constitution has been largely displaced by the PROGRESSIVE one. The . . . . Continue Reading »

There’s little less fashionable today than praising the Puritans, especially for their egalitarian political idealism, their promotion of genuinely humane and liberating learning, and their capacity for enjoyment and human happiness. Praising the Puritans is especially difficult for us because . . . . Continue Reading »

So here’s a taste of what I’m going to say at BYU on Friday. I hope to see you in Provo. It’ll be hard, but not impossible, for you to buy me a drink or a coup of coffee: Marriage has become, we can say, individualized or Lockeanized enough that homosexuals can reasonably wonder . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . critically examined by me. . . . . Continue Reading »

The encyclopedia people asked for my view on the election and such. So I gave them a version of wisdom you’ve already received. . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Okay, so that title makes no sense. But I did see part of the CMA awards show the other night. 2. Marc Guerra, America’s leading theologian, reminds me that I haven’t posted on the wonderful conference (the first in our University of Chicago Science of Virtues/Stuck with Virtue . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Sabato and Abramowitz , two of our most astute and fair-and-balanced political scientists, are now certain that our president will serve only one term. Either he will be defeated for reelection (by anyone but Palin) or he will bow to the inevitable and decide soon to not seek reelection. 2. I . . . . Continue Reading »

1. What may be the GREATEST issue in America’s leading journal of the philosophic dimension of political science is now out! 2. There’s a SYMPOSIUM on Bob Faulkner’s THE CASE FOR GREATNESS, featuring Don Maletz, Andrew Sabl, Mary Keys, Wayne Ambler, and Bob himself responding with . . . . Continue Reading »

1. You really do need to be checking out NO LEFT TURNS now and again to keep up with the astute insight of Pete Spillakos . He explains—riffing off an article by Beran—that Obama is no Bill Clinton. He’s both better and worse: He’s positioned to be able to protect the . . . . Continue Reading »

1. So I was wrong: The results for the House, combined with those for the Governors and state legislatures, are genuinely impressive. The Republican party is now the more national and more dominant one. It’s also clearly a policy-driven result—a fact the MSM is attempting to obscure . . . . Continue Reading »