Burning Port William
An uprooted homebody ponders place, distance, and the survival tactic that Wendell Berry would certainly not approve.
An uprooted homebody ponders place, distance, and the survival tactic that Wendell Berry would certainly not approve.
A Times contributor weighs in…. “Eating locally grown produce is a fine thing in many ways. But it is not…
By the age of five, Eric Hoffer could read English and German. At seven, he went blind. At fifteen, he…
On my way back home, The other day, afternoon, I skipped past a shadow, then another. The umbrage hid a…
The surplus of sarcasm, of critics, should suggest to us how much easier it is to deny something than affirm….
Well, not quite. But hard-and-fast localists are sure to quease and wheeze at the Wall Street Journal’s cover story on school…
Strictly psychologically, some very interesting stuff via Rod Dreher the other day. He summarizes some of the theory of Jonathan…
It’s an overstatement to call two articles on the same subject a “rash,” but it was still interesting to read…
In Natural Right and History, Leo Strauss laid out his case against Max Weber. According to Strauss, Weber had thrown…
You’ve caught a criminal responsible for a serious crime. What do you do with him? If the crime is bad…
Eh. Hmm. So. I think I agree with your general inference, as I read it: namely, that true human fulfillment…
NOTE: I wrote this piece as part of a two-part piece discussing the merits of online registration. Since the benefits…
All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting As a rule, most studies show that mothers are less happy…
As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s qualifications for a seat on the nation’s highest court, staffers…
Implicit promises are breaking down on the left, and person suffering from all of them is the President of the…
Kevin Vance What’s a good, culturally sensitive westerner to do when culture seems to prevent some Africans from heeding his…
The WASPs are finally losing their grip on power. Finally. Again. The Wall Street Journal reports on the decline of…
Russell Crowe is a Hollywood oddball. He likes to play complicated introverts, but in the context of historical epics. At…
Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling: Suppose someone wanting to learn to dance said: “For hundreds of years now one generation…
Sir Matthew Hale offers wisdom for Supreme Court confirmation hearings.