Peter Lawler

That’s the job of the professor, according to many influential theorists who belong to the MLA. Anyone who doesn’t teach in opposition to the hegemonic establishment shouldn’t get to teach. The job of the professor is to transform the young by authoritatively encouraging them to . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s David Brooks’ judicious view of the most celebrated novel of the year. It’s too easy to display people today as being empty or insignificant or having nothing left to lose, and it’s natural for literary men and women to be critical of times without obvious exemplars . . . . Continue Reading »

Because time is running out when it comes to getting the prepublication deal of $17.79, I thought I’d remind you in a characteristically shameless and self-promotional way to buy MY new book. Here are most of the words that will appear on the beautiful dust jacket: An Indispensable Guide to . . . . Continue Reading »

The experts at Georgetown are right to highlight the following excerpt from the opinion of the Court in PLANNED PARENTHOOD v. CASEY: 1. “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” . . . . Continue Reading »

So this is a good defense of the fundamental insight of Glenn Beck (that Woodrow Wilson in particular and Progressives in general are anti-American and anti-Constitutional evildoers) by Glenn’s intellectual mentor. I certainly agree that the sacrifice of the individual to “social . . . . Continue Reading »

Please join the Tocqueville Forum for a Constitution Day Roundtable: Constitutional Morality? Friday, September 17, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Inter Cultural Center Auditorium On the campus of Georgetown University Featuring: Dr. Richard Hassing, Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America . . . . Continue Reading »

One version of my study that shows stuff is now available. . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday was the second and final day of the Rome (Georgia) International Film Festival. I’m sad to say I had to miss almost all of it. But the final event—a showing of the film RAMBLING ROSE followed by a discussion with the film’s director, Martha Coolidge—was quite . . . . Continue Reading »

1. I don’t have the time today for the Darwinian natural right post. 2. The anticipated big showdown between David Walsh and Ralph Hancock didn’t really happen at the Sunday panel. But fear not, they are continuing the argument in a future issue of PPS. What they both say in some way is . . . . Continue Reading »

So I learned a lot at the political science convention and saw many postmodern conservatives. Let me begin by saying a word or two about the last panel on Sunday morning. 1. Our Jim Ceaser (a distinguished panelist) has often said that the job of “we Straussians” or, better, “we . . . . Continue Reading »