America’s Sheepdogs: A Review of American Sniper
I went with my wife to the early afternoon show of American Sniper in Rome, Georgia. yesterday. We were very lucky to The post America’s Sheepdogs: A Review of American Sniper appeared first on The...
View ArticleIs the Planet Earth Our Only Home?
In early 2015, I gave a couple of lectures at Carleton College in Minnesota. One was on our visions on human future The post Is the Planet Earth Our Only Home? appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleThose Nasty Aristocrats: Why We Should Be More Like Them
So my reservations about Scott Walker as presidential candidate have to do with my reservations about his diagnosis concerning why higher education The post Those Nasty Aristocrats: Why We Should Be...
View ArticleInnovation, Creativity, and Civilized Leisure
So thanks to Carl for talking up Carson Holloway, The Imaginative Conservative, and civilized leisure. Carson is also a forceful opponent of The post Innovation, Creativity, and Civilized Leisure...
View ArticleIs It OK to Use Libertarian Means for Conservative Ends?
One of our slogans is libertarian means for non-libertarian ends. That one works especially well in education. A big danger to the The post Is It OK to Use Libertarian Means for Conservative Ends?...
View ArticleWhy Pierre Manent Should Be on Your Bookshelf
So I have in my hands the galleys of our Ralph Hancock’s lovingly expert translation of Pierre Manent’s Seeing Things Politically. Let The post Why Pierre Manent Should Be on Your Bookshelf appeared...
View ArticleConservative Reform, Chesterton, and the Chieftains
I need to preach from a Christian text. Being Catholic, I often don’t think of the Bible first in searching for said The post Conservative Reform, Chesterton, and the Chieftains appeared first on The...
View ArticleTocqueville’s Machiavellianism
I’m giving some comments in Boston in response to a great essay by Delba Winthrop and Harvey Mansfield entitled “Tocqueville’s Machiavellianism.” I The post Tocqueville’s Machiavellianism appeared...
View ArticleEducational Diversity in America
So I’ve written an article* for Yuval’s National Affairs that’s all about sustaining truly higher education in America through deploying libertarian means The post Educational Diversity in America...
View ArticleLiberal Education is for Everyone
What Villanova should be famous for is its well-funded and brilliantly staffed ”great books” gen-ed alternative program and a real surge in The post Liberal Education is for Everyone appeared first on...
View ArticleSilicon Valley: Trashing the Liberal Arts
So there was a decent article in the WSJ calling upon conservatives to stop trashing the liberal arts. The argument: Conservatives respect The post Silicon Valley: Trashing the Liberal Arts appeared...
View ArticleGrateful Hope in Things Unseen
Alan Jacobs patiently explains why even the most scrupulous of scholars can’t understand the first thing about Flannery O’Connor’s stories without at The post Grateful Hope in Things Unseen appeared...
View ArticleLiberal Conservatives … and Conservative Liberals
Thanks so much to Carl for his able account—complete with astutely copious quoting—of Yuval Levin’s essay in Modern Age.* Modern Age, of course, The post Liberal Conservatives … and Conservative...
View ArticleDon’t Make Me Love My Work!
Miya Tokumitsu writes* with incisive elegance about our altogether elitist and self-indulgent view that our experts have these days about the relationship between love The post Don’t Make Me Love My...
View ArticleWhat is the Role of Leo Strauss in Conservative Thought?
One difference between postmodern conservatives and other contributors to First Thoughts has to do with being influenced by Leo Strauss. Each pomoncon can speak The post What is the Role of Leo Strauss...
View ArticleCan Great Books Brace Us Against Trump?
Well, the two parts of this title have nothing to do with each other. Except: If you read a couple of great The post Can Great Books Brace Us Against Trump? appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleManliness: Proving Darwin Wrong
America’s two most astute social commentators, the political philosopher Harvey Mansfield and the novelist Tom Wolfe, have weighed in on the debate The post Manliness: Proving Darwin Wrong appeared...
View ArticleThe Darwinism of Amazon
Here is what I learned from the article* about Amazon in the New York Times: Amazon is the place where your performance The post The Darwinism of Amazon appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
View ArticleFunding the Forecasting Failures of Political Science
There’s a distinguished political scientist—Jacqueline Stevens—who agrees with me that the National Science Foundation (NSF) ought to cut the funding for political The post Funding the Forecasting...
View ArticleOur Hero: Socrates in the Underworld
Today’s offering in our Timeless Essay series affords readers the opportunity to join Peter Augustine Lawler as he reflects on how Socrates models The post Our Hero: Socrates in the Underworld appeared...
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