Plato and the purpose of knowledge
“[T]he Platonist ideology (at least in the Straussian view) is that its zetetic character is meant as an antidote to…
Commune
The Rump clarified
An important comment on the Rump post: 1) What is your definition of neo-conservatism? I’ve heard it used more as an…
The Rump, or the Ongoing Dirty Debate
What of the anti-healthcare protests? Would you stand up? The Rump Republican party is not going away any time soon,…
Imagination and Abstraction
Conservatives, in reaction to Rousseauean liberalism, have become good at understanding how the government ends up becoming a deified abstraction….
Reflections on Brooks, Arnold and the Future
David Brooks's column today, entitled "The Power of Posterity," is an excellent illustration of Burke's point that the real "social…