The Impactful Collaborator’s Guide to Nonprofit Clichés – And How to Avoid Them
If you’ve worked in a charitable nonprofit or a foundation for more than a day, you’ve probably heard at least…
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Abraham Lincoln and the Historian’s Profession
Civil War historian Allen Guelzo takes up the notion that all our big government problems can be traced to…Abraham Lincoln….
Two arguments for a better ice cream shop
1. Marx 2. Berry Good localists do not simply fetishize the familiar for its own sake. They also aren’t totalizing some…
Islam, Rome, and Beating America
Nathan Hitchen just published an article on the Center for a Just Society website on “Religious Liberty as a Moral…
Health Care, Rights, and the USCCB
Kevin Vance In light of the recent health-care debate, Edward Feser has posted a useful primer on the concept of…
The Great Big Society
David Cameron is crystallizing his agenda. We’ve all been wondering what a post-Thatcherian Conservative PM would look like, and now…
Conservative Pessimism from Mark Steyn
A beautiful punchline. “As it’s happening, incremental decline is extremely seductive. Great powers aren’t Chad or Rwanda, where you’re sliding…
Phillip Blond and the small, beautiful polity
Everyone is getting their shot at a Philip Blond point right now: the Brooks column, Deneen and Rod the Bod…
Identifiably evangelical
The rise of a new conservative grass roots fueled by a secular revulsion at government spending is stirring fears among leaders…
On Fences in Need of No Repair Whatsoever
The system is broken. So they all tell us. Obama won an election on it, but McCain’s rhetoric was similar….
Happy Friday Thoughts: Sin and Conservatism
In most cases, I dislike posts that just quote articles without adding additional value. However, I want to make an…
Texas Independence Day
Kevin Vance On this day in 1836, an assembly of Texians at Washington-on-the-Brazos adopted a document that formally declared independence…
The ’10s
Decade Predictions 1. Republicans in general will not take on much less of religious persona in the ‘10s, but Democrats…
Paradox Watch: Mansfield on Political Liberty
In a forthcoming post on rational behavior, I will describe a dilemma in which the right choice may surprise you. …
Film Review: The Baader-Meinhof Complex
The Baader-Meinhof Complex is an investigation into the culture of anti-culture, and the psychologies of disintegration and justification. This…
Fair Trade Is Not
I understand fair trade’s appeal. It’s like buying popcorn from cub scouts, you pay a bit more for something than…
Self-Sufficiency and Conservatism
Politico’s Ben Smith thinks he smells a link between gold and populism, but asks why Glenn Beck’s populism likes gold…
In Praise of Heresy: Updated
I wrote the post below a few days ago. It seems my timing was prescient. Now the Republican Party is…
Ideology and History in American Politics
When traditional conservatives, or Burkean conservatives, or paleoconservatives talk about their conservatism, they like to emphasize its opposition to ideological…
Locke: We Wear Him Proudly, But He Doesn’t Quite Fit
No time at present to comment at length, but Ivan Kenneally has some poignant thoughts on Thanksgiving over at The…